Modeling comprehensive chemical composition of weathered oil following a marine spill to predict ozone and potential secondary aerosol formation and constrain transport pathways

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 120, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 7300-7315

  Drozd, Greg T ^a   Worton, David R ^b   Aeppli, Christoph ^c   Reddy, Christopher M ^d   Zhang, Haofei ^a   Variano, Evan ^e   Goldstein, Allen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

comprehensive gas chromatography with vacuum ultraviolet ionization mass spectrometry; Deepwater Horizon disaster; evaporative oil weathering; secondary organic aerosol

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL FORMATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROCARBON; OIL SPILL; OZONE; THERMODYNAMICS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WIND TUNNEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84947211897     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JC011093     Document Type: Article

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