Cloud droplet nucleation scavenging in relation to the size and hygroscopic behaviour of aerosol particles

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 2463-2475

  Svenningsson, Birgitta ^a   Hansson, Hans Christen ^a,d   Martinsson, Bengt ^a   Wiedensohler, Alfred ^a,b   Swietlicki, Erik ^a   Cederfelt, Sven Inge ^a   Wendisch, Manfred ^b   Bower, Keith N ^c   Choularton, Tom W ^c   Colvile, Roy N ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cloud condensation nuclei; External mixing; Hygroscopic growth; Size distribution; Soluble fraction

Indexed keywords

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CLOUD; HUMIDITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGING OF MATERIALS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CONDENSATION; DROP FORMATION; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; GROUND BASED CLOUD EXPERIMENTS; HYGROSCOPIC PARTICLE GROWTH; NUCLEATION SCAVENGING;

CLOUDS;

AEROSOL; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; GROUND-BASED CLOUD EXPERIMENT; HYGROSCOPIC GROWTH; PARTICLE SIZE; SCAVENGING;

UK, ENGLAND, CUMBRIA, GREAT DUN FELL;

EID: 0030616210     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(96)00179-3     Document Type: Article

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