Aerosol surface area concentration: A governing factor in new particle formation in Beijing

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 20, 2017, Pages 12327-12340

  Cai, Runlong ^a   Yang, Dongsen ^b   Fu, Yueyun ^a   Wang, Xing ^b   Li, Xiaoxiao ^a   Ma, Yan ^b   Hao, Jiming ^a   Zheng, Jun ^b   Jiang, Jingkun ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL FORMATION; COAGULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROWTH RATE; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SULFUR; SURFACE AREA;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 85031800643     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-17-12327-2017     Document Type: Article

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