Chemistry of new particle growth in mixed urban and biogenic emissions - Insights from CARES

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 6477-6494

  Setyan, A ^a   Song, C ^b   Merkel, M ^c   Knighton, W B ^d   Onasch, T B ^e   Canagaratna, M R ^e   Worsnop, D R ^e,f   Wiedensohler, A ^c   Shilling, J E ^b   Zhang, Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PARTICLE SIZE;

CALIFORNIA; SACRAMENTO; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903753681     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-6477-2014     Document Type: Article

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