Organic aerosol formation via sulphate cluster activation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Kulmala, Markku ^a   Kerminen, Veli Matti ^b   Anttila, Tatu ^a,b   Laaksonen, Ari ^c   O'Dowd, Colin D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; FORMATION MECHANISM; NUCLEATION; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 2642573415     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd003961     Document Type: Article

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