Heterogeneous nucleation of a common atmospheric aerosol: Ammonium sulfate

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 4469-4472

  Oatis, Susan ^a   Imre, Dan ^b   McGraw, Robert ^b   Xu, Jun ^c  

^a Southampton College   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CALCITE; NUCLEATION; AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DRYING; EFFLORESCENCE; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

AMMONIUM SULFATE; BARIUM SULFATE; EFFLORESCENCE; ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC PROCESS; ATMOSPHERIC REACTIONS; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; EARTH'S RADIATIVE BALANCE; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; RADIATIVE PROPERTIES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AMMONIUM SULPHATE; NUCLEATION;

EID: 0032534933     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900199     Document Type: Article

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