New particle formation in the remote troposphere: A comparison of observations at various sites

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 307-310

  Weber, R J ^a,e   McMurry, P H ^b   Mauldin III, R L ^c   Tanner, D J ^c   Eisele, F L ^c   Clarke, A D ^d   Kapustin, V N ^d  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEATION; SULFURIC ACID; TROPOSPHERE; WATER; BINS; SEA LEVEL;

BINARY NUCLEATION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; NUCLEATION;

AEROSOL FORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; NUCLEATION; SULFURIC ACID; TROPOSPHERE;

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; BINARY NUCLEATION; DERIVED SPECIES; HOMOGENOUS NUCLEATION; LOW TEMPERATURES; MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS; NEW PARTICLE FORMATION; PARTICLE PRODUCTION;

EID: 0033082737     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900308     Document Type: Article

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