Characteristic features of air ions at Mace Head on the west coast of Ireland

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 90, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 278-286

  Vana, Marko ^a,d   Ehn, Mikael ^a   Petäjä, Tuukka ^a,e   Vuollekoski, Henri ^a   Aalto, Pasi ^a   de Leeuw, Gerrit ^a,b   Ceburnis, Darius ^c   O'Dowd, Colin D ^c   Kulmala, Markku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Environmental Change Institute ECI   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric ions; Marine aerosols; Nucleation; Particle formation and growth

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ELECTROLYSIS; LANDFORMS; NUCLEATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

AIR IONS; ATMOSPHERIC IONS; AVERAGE CONCENTRATIONS; CHARGED AEROSOL PARTICLES; CLUSTER IONS; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; ION CONCENTRATIONS; IRELAND; MARINE AEROSOLS; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PARTICLE FORMATION AND GROWTH; PARTICLE FORMATIONS; POSITIVE POLARITIES; RESEARCH STATIONS; SIZE RANGES; SMALL CLUSTERS; SMALL IONS; SUMMER MONTHS; VARIATIONS OF; WEST COASTS; WIND SPEEDS;

IONS;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL FORMATION; ION; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE;

CONNACHT; COUNTY GALWAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; MACE HEAD; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 56249124223     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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