Partitioning of the organic aerosol component between fog droplets and interstitial air

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D21, 1999, Pages 26821-26832

  Facchini, Maria Cristina ^a   Fuzzi, Sandro ^a   Zappoli, Sergio ^b   Andracchio, Antonella ^b   Gelencsér, András ^c   Kiss, Gyula ^c   Krivácsy, Zoltán ^c   Mészáros, Ernô ^c   Hansson, Hans Christen ^d   Alsberg, Tomas ^d   Zebühr, Yngve ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; FOG; HYGROSCOPICITY; PARTITIONING;

EID: 0033589449     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900349     Document Type: Article

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