Technique and theoretical approach for quantifying the hygroscopicity of black-carbon-containing aerosol using a single particle soot photometer

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 110-126

  Schwarz, J P ^a,b   Perring, A E ^a,b   Markovic, M Z ^a,b   Gao, R S ^a   Ohata, S ^c   Langridge, J ^d   Law, D ^a,b   McLaughlin, R ^a,b   Fahey, D W ^a,b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aircraft based measurements; Black carbon (BC) aerosol; Hygroscopicity; Mie scattering; SP2; K hler theory

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NASA; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PHOTOMETERS; PHOTOMETRY; SOOT; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TABLE LOOKUP;

BLACK CARBON AEROSOL; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY; HUMIDIFICATION SYSTEMS; HYGROSCOPICITY; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; MIE SCATTERING; THEORETICAL APPROACH;

AEROSOLS;

AMMONIUM SULFATE; BLACK CARBON;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIRBORNE SURVEY; BLACK CARBON; HYGROSCOPICITY; MIE THEORY; PHOTOMETER; SOOT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; HUMIDIFIER; HUMIDITY; LABORATORY TEST; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PARTICLE SOOT PHOTOMETER; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER TRANSPORT; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84921670626     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: 18791964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2014.11.009     Document Type: Article

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