Experimental evidence for the role of ions in particle nucleation under atmospheric conditions

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

Volumn 463, Issue 2078, 2007, Pages 385-396

  Svensmark, Henrik ^a   Pedersen, Jens Olaf P ^a   Marsh, Nigel D ^a   Enghoff, Martin B ^a   Uggerhøj, Ulrik I ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aerosol nucleation; Clouds; Cosmic rays

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547490558     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2006.1773     Document Type: Article

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