Variability of the relationship between particle size and cloud-nucleating ability

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Hudson, James G ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SOLUBILITY;

CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI (CCN); CLOUD-NUCLEATING ABILITY; PARTICLE CHEMISTRY; PARTICLE SIZE MEASUREMENTS;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLUBILITY; SUPERSATURATION;

EID: 34250788567     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028850     Document Type: Article

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