Simulation of atmospheric nucleation mode: A comparison of nucleation models and size distribution representations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 15, 2003, Pages

  Korhonen, H ^a   Lehtinen, K E J ^a   Pirjola, L ^a,b   Napari, I ^a   Vehkamaki H ^a   Noppel, M ^c   Kulmala, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HAAGA HELIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Aerosol modeling; Binary nucleation; Size distribution descriptions; Ternary nucleation

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; MODELING; NUCLEATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 1342269935     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd003305     Document Type: Article

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