A study of processes that govern the maintenance of aerosols in the marine boundary layer

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 503-532

  Katoshevski, David ^a   Nenes, Athanasios ^a   Seinfeld, John H ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; EVAPORATION; MASS TRANSFER; NUCLEATION; OXIDATION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RAIN; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SULFURIC ACID; TROPOSPHERE;

AEROSOL ENTRAINMENT; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; RAIN SCAVENGING;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

DIMETHYL SULFIDE; RAIN; SULFATE; SULFURIC ACID;

AEROSOL FORMATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; MARINE ATMOSPHERE;

ABSORPTION; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD; EVAPORATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPOSPHERE; VELOCITY; WIND;

EID: 0033120546     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-8502(98)00740-X     Document Type: Article

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