Cloud albedo enhancement by surface-active organic solutes in growing droplets

Nature

Volumn 401, Issue 6750, 1999, Pages 257-259

  Facchini, Maria Cristina ^a   Mircea, Mihaela ^a,c   Fuzzi, Sandro ^a   Charlson, Robert J ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND; RAIN;

ALBEDO; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLOUD; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE TENSION; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0033575915     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/45758     Document Type: Article

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