Direct observational evidence linking atmospheric aerosol formation and cloud droplet activation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Kerminen, Veli Matti ^a   Lihavainen, Heikki ^a   Komppula, Mika ^a   Viisanen, Yrjö ^a   Kulmala, Markku ^b  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOL FORMATION; CLOUD DROPLET ACTIVATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EID: 25444471344     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023130     Document Type: Article

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