Deep convection as a source of new particles in the midlatitude upper troposphere

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 21, 2002, Pages AAC-6-1-AAC-6-10

  Twohy, Cynthia H ^a   Clement, Charles F ^b   Gandrud, Bruce W ^c,d   Weinheimer, Andrew J ^c   Campos, Teresa L ^c   Baumgardner, Darrel ^e   Brune, William H ^f   Faloona, Ian ^c   Sachse, Glen W ^g   Vay, Stephanie A ^g   Tan, David ^h  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Center for Atmospheric Research ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Particle Metrics   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

0305 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Aerosols and particles (0345, 4801); 0320 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Cloud physics and chemistry; 0322 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Constituent sources and sinks

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CONDENSATION; HEAT CONVECTION; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SULFURIC ACID; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VAPORS;

CONVECTION; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 36448968632     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000323     Document Type: Article

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