The size-dependent chemical composition of cloud droplets

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 2561-2576

  Schell, D ^a,b   Wobrock, W ^a,c   Maser, R ^a,b   Preiss, M ^a   Jaeschke, W ^a   Georgii, H W ^a   Gallagher, M W ^d   Bower, K N ^d   Beswick, K M ^d   Pahl, S ^e   Facchini, M C ^f   Fuzzi, S ^f   Wiedensohler, A ^g,h   Hansson, H C ^g,i   Wendisch, M ^h  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ENVISCOPE GMBH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^f CNR   (Italy)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

ⁱ STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cloud droplets; Cloud experiment; GCE; Model; Size dependence; Solute concentration

Indexed keywords

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLOUD; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLOUD DROPLET; DROPLET SIZE; GROUND-BASED CLOUD EXPERIMENT;

UK, ENGLAND, PENNINES, GREAT DUN FELL;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROP FORMATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRACE ANALYSIS;

CLOUD DROPLETS; CLOUD FORMATION; SOLUTE CONCENTRATION;

CLOUDS;

EID: 0030616221     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(96)00286-5     Document Type: Article

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