Molecular Composition and Volatility of Organic Aerosol in the Southeastern U.S.: Implications for IEPOX Derived SOA

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 2200-2209

  Lopez Hilfiker, F D ^a   Mohr, C ^a,f   D'Ambro, E L ^a   Lutz, A ^b   Riedel, T P ^c   Gaston, C J ^a   Iyer, S ^d   Zhang, Z ^c   Gold, A ^c   Surratt, J D ^c   Lee, B H ^a   Kurten, T ^d   Hu, W W ^e   Jimenez, J ^e   Hallquist, M ^b   Thornton, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DECOMPOSITION; IONIZATION OF GASES; ISOPRENE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOL PARTICLES; CHEMICAL IONIZATION; EFFECTIVE SATURATION; MECHANISTIC INTERPRETATIONS; MOLECULAR COMPOSITIONS; NONVOLATILE MATERIALS; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS; VAPOR CONCENTRATIONS;

AEROSOLS;

ISOPRENE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; 1,3 BUTADIENE DERIVATIVE; AEROSOL; GAS; HEMITERPENE; PENTANE;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ISOPRENE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION; TRACER;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DECOMPOSITION; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; VAPOR; VISCOSITY; VOLATILITY; ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES; VOLATILIZATION;

UNITED STATES;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERE; BUTADIENES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASES; HEMITERPENES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PENTANES; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 84960172621     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b04769     Document Type: Article

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