Measurements of the relation between aerosol properties and microphysics and chemistry of low level liquid water clouds in Northern Finland

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 6925-6938

  Lihavainen, H ^a   Kerminen, V M ^a   Komppula, M ^a   Hyvarinen A P ^a   Laakia, J ^a   Saarikoski, S ^a   Makkonen, U ^a   Kivekas N ^a   Hillamo, R ^a   Kulmala, M ^b   Viisanen, Y ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CHLORINE; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SODIUM; SULFATE; TRACE GAS; VOLCANIC CLOUD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 57249111639     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-6925-2008     Document Type: Article

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