Studies of heterogeneous freezing by three different desert dust samples

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2805-2824

  Connolly, P J ^a   Mohler O ^b   Field, P R ^c   Saathoff, H ^b   Burgess, R ^a   Choularton, T ^a   Gallagher, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DESERT; DUST; FREEZING; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; ICE CRYSTAL; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 72449164525     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-2805-2009     Document Type: Article

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