Estimating nucleation rates from apparent particle formation rates and vice versa: Revised formulation of the Kerminen-Kulmala equation

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 988-994

  Lehtinen, Kari E J ^a   Dal Maso, Miikka ^b   Kulmala, Markku ^b   Kerminen, Veli Matti ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Condensational growth; Nucleation; Particle formation; Scavenging

Indexed keywords

NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SCAVENGING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

COAGULATION SINK; CONDENSATIONAL GROWTH; KERMINEN-KULMALA EQUATION; PARTICLE FORMATION;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ANALYTICAL METHOD; COAGULATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUCLEATION; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; VAPOR;

EID: 34548861489     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2007.06.009     Document Type: Article

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