Cloud condensation nuclei and cloud droplet measurements during ACE-2

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 828-842

  Snider, Jefferson R ^a,c   Brenguier, Jean Louis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACE 2; AEROSOL; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD DROPLET; STRATOCUMULUS;

EID: 0034072814     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0889.2000.00044.x     Document Type: Article

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