Effect of solar radiation on the optical properties and molecular composition of laboratory proxies of atmospheric brown carbon

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 10217-10226

  Lee, Hyun Ji ^a   Aiona, Paige Kuuipo ^a   Laskin, Alexander ^b   Laskin, Julia ^c   Nizkorodov, Sergey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CARBON; NAPHTHALENE; PHOTOBLEACHING; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTOOXIDATION; SUN;

AMMONIA VAPORS; AVERAGE MOLECULAR; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; MASS ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; MOLECULAR COMPOSITIONS; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS; VISIBLE RADIATIONS;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

ABSORPTION; AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON; CYCLOHEXENES; HALF-LIFE; LABORATORIES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NAPHTHALENES; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOLYSIS; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SUNLIGHT; TERPENES;

EID: 84906871642     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es502515r     Document Type: Article

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