The contribution of sulfuric acid and non-volatile compounds on the growth of freshly formed atmospheric aerosols

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Wehner, Birgit ^a   Petaja T ^b   Boy, M ^b,c   Engler, C ^a   Birmili, W ^a   Tuch, T ^a,d   Wiedensohler, A ^a   Kulmala, M ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD SEEDING; CONDENSATION; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SULFURIC ACID;

ATMOSPHERIC FORMATION EVENTS; CLOUD CONDENSATION; NON-VOLATILE COMPOUNDS; NUCLEATION MODE PARTICLES; STABLE CLUSTERS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; SULFURIC ACID;

EID: 27544466393     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023827     Document Type: Article

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