Observations and modelling of aerosol growth in marine stratocumulus - Case study

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 3053-3062

  O'Dowd, Colin D ^a   Lowe, Jason A ^a   Smith, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerosol growth; Aqueous phase chemistry; Cloud condensation nuclei; Cloud processing; Marine aerosol; Sea salt; SO2 oxidation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; OXIDATION;

AEROSOL GROWTH; AQUEOUS PHASE CHEMISTRY; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; CLOUD PROCESSING; MARINE AEROSOL;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL FORMATION; AIRBORNE SURVEY; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD DROPLET; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; STRATOCUMULUS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CLOUD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MODEL; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SIMULATION; SPECTROSCOPY; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0033180901     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00213-1     Document Type: Article

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