Supercooled cirrus cloud formation modified by nitric acid pollution of the upper troposphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 3009-3012

  Laaksonen, Ari ^a   Hienola, Jukka ^a   Kulmala, Markku ^a   Arnold, Finland Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONDENSATION; NITRIC ACID; TROPOSPHERE; SUPERCOOLING;

CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; SUPERCOOLED CIRRUS CLOUD FORMATION;

CLOUDS;

CIRRUS CLOUDS; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; GASEOUS NITRIC ACID; NUMBER DENSITY; THEORETICAL MODELING; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0031381564     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02996     Document Type: Article

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