Case studies of particle formation events observed in boreal forests: Implications for nucleation mechanisms

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 6085-6102

  Yu, F ^a   Turco, R ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL FORMATION; AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOREAL FOREST; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; NUCLEATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 43749101466     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-6085-2008     Document Type: Article

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