California aerosols - their physical and chemical characteristics

Observations on California aerosols made during the Aerosol Characterization Experiment are summarized with reference to physical and chemical size distributions and concentrations, sulfate size distributions, sodium and aluminum concentrations as a function of distance from the ocean, relative humidity effects on size distribution measurements, and size distribution of freeway aerosols. The application of recently developed multimodal aerosol size distribution models to the California data is also discussed.