Accumulation mode aerosol, pockets of open cells, and particle nucleation in the remote subtropical Pacific marine boundary layer

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Petters, Markus D ^a,b   Snider, Jefferson R ^a   Stevens, Bjorn ^c   Vali, Gabor ^a   Faloona, Ian ^d   Russell, Lynn M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; NUCLEATION; REMOTE SENSING;

AEROSOL; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NUCLEATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL);

EID: 33644959507     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005694     Document Type: Article

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