Nanoparticle formation in marine airmasses: Contrasting behaviour of the open ocean and coastal environments

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-14

  Allen, A G ^a   Grenfell, J L ^b   Harrison, R M ^a   James, J ^a   Evans, M J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Formation mechanisms; Nanoparticles; Nucleation; Troposphere

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL FORMATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COASTAL ZONE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NUCLEATION; OPEN OCEAN;

IRELAND;

EID: 0033368166     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8095(98)00111-2     Document Type: Article

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