A simple non-linear analytical relationship between aerosol accumulation number and sub-micron volume, explaining their observed ratio in the clean and polluted marine boundary layer

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 439-451

  Van Dingenen, Rita ^a,d   Virkkula, Aki O ^a   Raes, Frank ^a   Bates, Timothy S ^b   Wiedensohler, Alfred ^c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACE 2; AEROSOL FORMATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY LAYER; MARINE ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 0034036073     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v52i2.16171     Document Type: Article

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