Cloud forming potential of secondary organic aerosol under near atmospheric conditions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Duplissy, J ^a   Gysel, Martin ^a   Alfarra, M R ^a   Dommen, J ^a   Metzger, A ^a   Prevot, A S H ^a   Weingartner, E ^a   Laaksonen, A ^b,c   Raatikainen, T ^c   Good, N ^d   Turner, S F ^d   McFiggans, G ^d   Baltensperger, U ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERICS; CONDENSATION REACTIONS; DROP FORMATION; DROPS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; FLUID MECHANICS; FORMING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOOXIDATION; SILICONES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AEROSOL PARTICLES; AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION; ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS; BIOGENIC VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; CLOUD DROPLETS; DROPLET SURFACES; NEAR ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PARTICLE COMPOSITION; PHOTO OXIDATIONS; PURE WATER; RELATIVE HUMIDITY (RH); SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL (SOA); SMOG CHAMBERS;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

AEROSOL; CLOUD DROPLET; HYGROSCOPICITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOOXIDATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SMOG; SUPERSATURATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 47149092588     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031075     Document Type: Article

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