Contribution of particulate sulfate and organic carbon to cloud condensation nuclei in the marine atmosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 655-658

  Matsumoto, Kiyoshi ^a   Tanaka, Hiroshi ^a   Nagao, Ippei ^a   Ishizaka, Yutaka ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CARBON; CLOUDS; CONDENSATION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

AEROSOL; AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; CLOUDS; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; ORGANIC CARBON; SULPHATE; SULPHATE AEROSOL;

PACIFIC, (NORTHWEST);

EID: 0031106131     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00541     Document Type: Article

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