Dissolution behavior and surface tension effects of organic compounds in nucleating cloud droplets

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 277-280

  Shulman, Michelle L ^a,b   Jacobson, Michael C ^a,b   Carlson, Robert J ^a,b   Synovec, Robert E ^a,b   Young, Toby E ^a,b  

^a University of Washngton Seatle

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE TENSION;

CLOUD DROPLETS; CRITICAL SUPERSATURATION; DIFUNCTIONAL; DISSOLUTION BEHAVIOR; GROWTH CURVES; MODEL RESULTS; SURFACE TENSION EFFECTS;

DROPS;

AMMONIUM BISULPHATE; AMMONIUM SULPHATE; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; DROPLET GROWTH; KELVIN EFFECT; ORGANIC ACID; RAOULT EFFECT; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 0029749838     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95GL03810     Document Type: Article

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