Validation of very high cloud droplet number concentrations in air masses transported thousands of kilometres over the ocean

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 801-814

  Martinsson, Bengt G ^a   Frank, Göran ^a   Cederfelt, Sven Inge ^a   Berg, Olle H ^a   Mentes, Besim ^a   Papaspiropoulos, Giorgos ^a   Swietlicki, Erik ^a   Zhou, Jingchuan ^a   Flynn, Michael ^b   Bower, Keith N ^b   Choularton, Tom W ^b   Mäkelä, Jyrki ^c   Virkkula, Aki ^d   Van Dingenen, Rita ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACE 2; AEROSOL; AIR MASS; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; OROGRAPHY;

CANARY ISLANDS; TENERIFE;

EID: 18744429641     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0889.2000.00020.x     Document Type: Article

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