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14 Apr 2016
Research article |
| 14 Apr 2016
Quantification of black carbon mixing state from traffic: implications for aerosol optical properties
Megan D. Willis
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Robert M. Healy
Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research, Department of
Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Department of Chemistry and Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
now at: Air Monitoring and Transboundary Air Sciences Section, Environmental Monitoring
and Reporting Branch, Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nicole Riemer
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA
Matthew West
Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA
Jon M. Wang
Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research, Department of
Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cheol-Heon Jeong
Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research, Department of
Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
John C. Wenger
Department of Chemistry and Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
Greg J. Evans
Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research, Department of
Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jonathan P. D. Abbatt
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alex K. Y. Lee
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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