Aerosol states in the free troposphere at northern midlatitudes

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 21, 2002, Pages

  Schroder F ^a   Karcher B ^a   Fiebig, M ^a   Petzold, A ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

0305 atmospheric composition and structure: Aerosols and particles (0345, 4801); 0322 atmospheric composition and structure: Constituent sources and sinks; 0368 atmospheric composition and structure: Troposphere Constituent transport and chemistry

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COMPOSITION; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TROPOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUD; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE AREA; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 33751276036     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD000194     Document Type: Article

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