Light-absorbing properties of ambient black carbon and brown carbon from fossil fuel and biomass burning sources

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 6619-6633

  Healy, R M ^a,b   Wang, J M ^a   Jeong, C H ^a   Lee, A K Y ^c   Willis, M D ^c   Jaroudi, E ^a   Zimmerman, N ^a   Hilker, N ^a   Murphy, M ^a   Eckhardt, S ^d   Stohl, A ^d   Abbatt, J P D ^c   Wenger, J C ^b   Evans, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; BLACK CARBON; BROWN CARBON; FOSSIL FUEL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; WILDFIRE;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; QUEBEC [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 84938150713     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023382     Document Type: Article

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