Hygroscopic growth of ultrafine ammonium sulphate aerosol measured using an ultrafine tandem differential mobility analyzer

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D17, 2000, Pages 22231-22242

  Hämeri, Kaarle ^a,d   Väkevä, Minna ^a,d   Hansson, Hans Christen ^b   Laaksonen, Ari ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d Department of Physics ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AMMONIUM SULPHATE; HYGROSCOPICITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EID: 0001132182     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900220     Document Type: Article

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