Number concentration and size distribution of aerosol particles in the middle troposphere over the Western Pacific Ocean

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 10-11, 1996, Pages 1755-1762

  Zaizen, Yuji ^a   Ikegami, Miwako ^a   Tsutsumi, Yukitomo ^a   Makino, Yukio ^a   Okada, Kikuo ^a   Jensen, Jørgen ^b   Gras, John L ^b  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerosol size distribution; Free troposphere; Ultrafine nuclei

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SULFURIC ACID; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

CONDENSATION NUCLEI; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; SAIPAN; ULTRAFINE NUCLEI; WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

SULFURIC ACID;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE; CLOUD; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMIDITY; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPOSPHERE;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATES; CONCENTRATION; DISTRIBUTION;

PACIFIC, (WESTERN);

EID: 0030131764     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(95)00377-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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