Extending Twomey's analytical estimate of nucleated cloud droplet concentrations from CCN spectra

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 3348-3357

  Cohard, Jean Martial ^a   Pinty, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Bedos, Carole ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CLOUDS; DROP FORMATION; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETERS; SUPERSATURATION;

CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; TWOMEY'S METHOD;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD DROPLET;

EID: 0033232459     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<3348:ETSAEO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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