Marine aerosol production: A review of the current knowledge

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1856, 2007, Pages 1753-1774

  O'Dowd, Colin D ^a   De Leeuw, Gerrit ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Marine aerosol; Nucleation; Particle formation; Sea salt; Sea spray

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547249130     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2007.2043     Document Type: Review

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