Growth of freshly nucleated particles in the troposphere: Roles of NH3, H2SO4, HNO3, and HCl

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 3715-3724

  Kerminen, Veli Matti ^a   Wexler, Anthony S ^b   Potukuchi, Sudhakar ^b  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; PARTICULATE MATTER; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0006385731     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd02974     Document Type: Article

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