Deliquescence-controlled activation of organic aerosols

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Kreidenweis, Sonia M ^a   Petters, Markus D ^a   DeMott, Paul J ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CLOUDS; CONDENSATION; NUCLEATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLUBILITY; SUPERSATURATION;

CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEATION; DELIQUESCENCE-CONTROLLED ACTIVATION; HYGROSCOPIC GROWTH; ORGANIC AEROSOLS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; HYGROSCOPICITY; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLUBILITY; SUPERSATURATION;

EID: 33646465572     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024863     Document Type: Article

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