A study of the ability of pure secondary organic aerosol to act as cloud condensation nuclei

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 2205-2214

  Cruz, Celia N ^a   Pandis, Spyros N ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud condensation nuclei; Dicarboxylic acids; Organic aerosol; Secondary organic aerosol (SOA)

Indexed keywords

ADIPIC ACID; AMMONIUM SULFATE; GLUTARIC ACID; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CLOUD; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMPOSITION; MEASUREMENTS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SUPERSATURATION;

ADIPIC ACID; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS; GLUTARIC ACID; KOHLER THEORY; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; TANDEM DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY ANALYZER;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; ORGANIC AEROSOL; SECONDARY;

EID: 0030616244     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00054-X     Document Type: Article

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