Relationships between cloud condensation nuclei spectra and aerosol particles on a south-north transect of the Indian Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D12, 2000, Pages 15313-15320

  Cantrell, Will ^a,d   Shaw, Glenn ^a   Leek, Caroline ^b   Granat, Lenart ^b   Cachier, Hélène ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; EMISSION;

EID: 0033783877     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900219     Document Type: Article

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