The chemical content of raindrops as a function of drop radius. Part III: A new method to measure the mean aerosol particle size of different inorganic species in the atmosphere

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 247-251

  Ebert, P ^a   Baechmann, K ^a   Frank, G ^b   Tschiersch, J ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerosol particles; Below cloud; Guttalgor method; Precipitation; Raindrops; Scavenging

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CHLORINE; MAGNESIUM; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RAIN; SODIUM;

BELOW CLOUD PROCESS; DROP RADIUS; GUTTALGOR METHOD;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

CHLORIDE ION; INORGANIC COMPOUND; MAGNESIUM ION; RAIN; SODIUM ION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EVAPORATION; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAVENGING SYSTEM;

EID: 0031060272     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(96)00163-X     Document Type: Article

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