First observations of increased ultrafine particle number concentrations near the inversion of a continental planetary boundary layer and its relation to ground-based measurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Siebert, Holger ^a   Stratmann, Frank ^a   Wehner, Birgit ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DENSITY OF GASES; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; NUCLEATION; THERMAL PLUMES;

INVERSION LAYERS; NUCLEATION RATES; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; BALLOON OBSERVATION; BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 3543087456     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL019086     Document Type: Article

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