Impact of wildfires on size-resolved aerosol composition at a coastal California site

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 119, Issue , 2015, Pages 59-68

  Maudlin, L C ^a   Wang, Z ^b   Jonsson, H H ^c   Sorooshian, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Biomass burning; Cloud water; Composition; Marine; MOUDI; Soil

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MARINE POLLUTION; MICROMETERS; NITRATES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SODIUM SULFATE; SOILS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BIOMASS-BURNING; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; CLOUD WATER; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; MARINE; MASS SIZE DISTRIBUTION; MOUDI; WATER-SOLUBLE SPECIES;

FIRES;

AMMONIA; CHLORIDE; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; GLUTARIC ACID; GLYOXYLIC ACID; MALEIC ACID; MALONIC ACID; NITRATE; OXALIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID; SODIUM; SUCCINIC ACID; SULFATE;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CLOUD WATER; COASTAL ZONE; MARINE POLLUTION; NITRATE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POTASSIUM; WILDFIRE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIRE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SEASHORE; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; SIZE RESOLVED AEROSOL; UNITED STATES; WET DEPOSITION; WILDFIRE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84939614120     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.08.039     Document Type: Article

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