Atmospheric tar balls: Aged primary droplets from biomass burning?

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 6669-6675

  Toth A ^a   Hoffer, A ^b   Nyiro Kosa I ^b   Posfai M ^a   Gelencser A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^b MTA PE Air Chemistry Research Group   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BIOMASS; HEAT TRANSFER; PARTICULATE MATTER; SMOKE;

EID: 84903786575     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-6669-2014     Document Type: Article

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