Modeling study of cloud droplet nucleation and in-cloud sulfate production during the Sanitation of the Atmosphere (SANA) 2 campaign

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D13, 1998, Pages 16145-16158

  Liu, Xiaohong ^a,b   Seidl, Winfried ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD WATER; SULFATE;

EID: 0010380161     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JD00972     Document Type: Article

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