A monodisperse aerosol dynamics module, a promising candidate for use in long-range transport models: Box model tests

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Pirjola, L ^a,b   Tsyro, S ^c   Tarrason, L ^c   Kulmala, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HAAGA HELIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^c NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Condensation; Mode merging; Monodisperse size distribution; Nucleation; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DISPERSION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0346639341     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002867     Document Type: Article

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