Intercomparison of an Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor (ACSM) with ambient fine aerosol measurements in downtown Atlanta, Georgia

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1929-1941

  Budisulistiorini, S H ^a   Canagaratna, M R ^b   Croteau, P L ^b   Baumann, K ^c   Edgerton, E S ^c   Kollman, M S ^d   Ng, N L ^d,e   Verma, V ^e   Shaw, S L ^f   Knipping, E M ^f   Worsnop, D R ^b   Jayne, J T ^b   Weber, R J ^e   Surratt, J D ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^c Atmospheric Research and Analysis Inc   (United States)

^d Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903977975     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-7-1929-2014     Document Type: Article

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