The occurrence of sulfuric acid-water nucleation in plumes: Urban environment

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-82

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

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GAS PHASE SULPHURIC ACID; PLUME NUCLEATION PROBABILITY; PLUME TRANSPORT; SULPHUR DIOXIDE EMISSION; SULPHURIC ACID/WATER NUCLEATION; URBAN ACID SOURCE;

EID: 0029750254     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v48i1.15668     Document Type: Article

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