Brownness of organics in aerosols from biomass burning linked to their black carbon content

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 647-650

  Saleh, Rawad ^a   Robinson, Ellis S ^a   Tkacik, Daniel S ^a   Ahern, Adam T ^a   Liu, Shang ^b   Aiken, Allison C ^b   Sullivan, Ryan C ^a   Presto, Albert A ^a   Dubey, Manvendra K ^b   Yokelson, Robert J ^c   Donahue, Neil M ^a   Robinson, Allen L ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

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EID: 84906830023     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2220     Document Type: Article

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