Formation of polar stratospheric clouds on preactivated background aerosols

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 1669-1672

  Zhang, Renyi ^a   Leu, Ming Taun ^a   Molina, Mario J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COLD EFFECTS; DENITRIFICATION; DEPOSITION; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDRATES; NITRIC ACID; NUCLEATION; SIMULATION; SULFURIC ACID; SUPERSATURATION; AEROSOLS;

FROZEN SULFATE AEROSOLS; NITRIC ACID TRIHYDRATE; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS; SULFURIC ACID TETRAHYDRATE;

CLOUDS; NITRIC ACID;

AEROSOL; CLOUD FORMATION; NITRIC ACID TRIHYDRATE; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD; SULPHURIC ACID TETRAHYDRATE;

BACKGROUND AEROSOL; EVAPORATION AND CONDENSATION; LABORATORY SIMULATION; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS; REPEATED CYCLE; SULFATE AEROSOLS; SURFACE COVERAGES;

EID: 0030158064     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01133     Document Type: Article

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