Scavenging efficiencies of aerosol particles in marine stratocumulus and cumulus clouds

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 129, Issue 590 PART A, 2003, Pages 1329-1350

  Glantz, Paul ^a   Noone, Kevin J ^a   Osborne, Simon R ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Meteorological Research Flight   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerosol Characterisation Experiment 2; Aircraft observations; Monterey Area Ship Track experiment; Scavenging fractions

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; METEOROLOGY; POLLUTION;

MARINE STRATOCUMULUS;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; CLOUD DROPLET; CUMULUS; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); STRATOCUMULUS;

EID: 0038557033     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.02.73     Document Type: Article

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