Gas/aerosol partitioning: 1. A computationally efficient model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 16, 2002, Pages

  Metzger, Swen ^a   Dentener, Frank ^b   Pandis, Spyros ^c,d   Lelieveld, Jos ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol composition; Aerosol water; Gas aerosol partitioning parameterization; Inorganic aerosols; Thermodynamic equilibrium

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTATION THEORY; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC GAS; CLIMATE MODELING; PARTITIONING; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

EID: 24344496062     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001102     Document Type: Article

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