The effect of hygroscopicity on cloud droplet formation

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 347-360

  Kulmala, Markku ^a   Korhonen, Pekka ^b   Vesala, Timo ^a   Hansson, Hans Christen ^c   Noone, Kevin ^c   Svenningsson, Birgitta ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC AIR PARCEL; AEROSOL; CLOUD DROPLET FORMATION; CONDENSATION; HYGROSCOPICITY;

EID: 0030424124     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v48i3.15903     Document Type: Article

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