Supercooling of type 1 polar stratospheric clouds: The freezing of submicron nitric acid aerosols having HNO3 mol fractions less than 0.5

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D7, 2000, Pages 9283-9290

  Bertram, A K ^a   Dickens, D B ^a   Sloan, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; NITRIC ACID; SUPERCOOLING;

EID: 0033783958     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD901174     Document Type: Article

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