Is nucleation capable of explaining observed aerosol integral number increase during southerly transport over Scandinavia?

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-140

  Tunved, Peter ^a   Korhonen, H ^b   Strom J ^a   Hansson, H C ^a   Lehtinen, K E J ^c   Kulmala, M ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; DISPERSAL; NUCLEATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33644861242     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2006.00176.x     Document Type: Article

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