Laboratory studies of H2SO4/H2O binary homogeneous nucleation from the SO2+OH reaction: Evaluation of the experimental setup and preliminary results

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 4997-5016

  Young, L H ^a,d   Benson, D R ^a   Kameel, F R ^a   Pierce, J R ^b   Junninen, H ^c   Kulmala, M ^c   Lee, S H ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; HOMOGENEITY; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IONIZATION; LABORATORY METHOD; NUCLEATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SULFURIC ACID; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER;

EID: 50949121621     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-4997-2008     Document Type: Article

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