Light absorption properties and radiative effects of primary organic aerosol emissions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 4868-4877

  Lu, Zifeng ^a   Streets, David G ^a   Winijkul, Ekbordin ^a   Yan, Fang ^a   Chen, Yanju ^b   Bond, Tami C ^b   Feng, Yan ^a   Dubey, Manvendra K ^c   Liu, Shang ^c   Pinto, Joseph P ^d   Carmichael, Gregory R ^e  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON; CLIMATE MODELS; COMBUSTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REFRACTIVE INDEX; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION PROPERTY; CARBONACEOUS AEROSOL; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODELS; COMBUSTION SOURCES; EMISSION INVENTORIES; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL;

BROMINE COMPOUNDS;

BIOFUEL; BLACK CARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; CARBON; SOOT;

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL; BIOFUEL; BLACK CARBON; COMBUSTION; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SOLAR RADIATION; WAVELENGTH;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICS; PRIMARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; REFRACTION INDEX; SOLAR RADIATION; UNCERTAINTY; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; LIGHT; REFRACTOMETRY; SOOT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CARBON; CLIMATE; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFRACTOMETRY; SOOT;

EID: 84928410213     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00211     Document Type: Article

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