Cloud forming potential of oligomers relevant to secondary organic aerosols

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 6538-6545

  Xu, Wen ^a   Guo, Song ^a   Gomez Hernandez, Mario ^a   Zamora, Misti L ^a   Secrest, Jeremiah ^a   Marrero Ortiz, Wilmarie ^a   Zhang, Annie L ^a   Collins, Don R ^a   Zhang, Renyi ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CCN; oligomer; polymer; SOA

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; MIXTURES; POLYMERS; SULFURIC ACID;

CALCULATED VALUES; CCN; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; HYGROSCOPIC GROWTH FACTOR; OXIDATION PROCESS; PARTICLE HYGROSCOPICITY; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS; SOA;

OLIGOMERS;

AEROSOL; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; HYGROSCOPICITY; INORGANIC ACID; OXIDATION; POLYMER; POLYMERIZATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SUCROSE;

EID: 84911215287     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061040     Document Type: Article

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