Submicrometer aerosol particle size distribution and hygroscopic growth measured in the Amazon rain forest during the wet season

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 20, 2002, Pages LBA-22-1-LBA-22-10

  Zhou, Jingchuan ^a   Swietlicki, Erik ^a   Hansson, Hans Christen ^b   Artaxo, Paulo ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

0305 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Aerosols and particles (0345, 4801); 0322 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Constituent sources and sinks; 0365 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Troposphere composition and chemistry; CLAIRE; TDMA

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; VOLUME FRACTION;

AEROSOL; HYGROSCOPICITY; PARTICLE SIZE; RAINFOREST; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WET SEASON;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 36448934564     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD000203     Document Type: Article

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