Differentiating natural and anthropogenic cloud condensation nuclei in the California coastal zone

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 669-676

  Hegg, D A ^a   Covert, D S ^a   Jonsson, H H ^b   Woods, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; COASTAL ZONE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MODELING; STRATOCUMULUS; SUPERSATURATION;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74049118084     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2009.00435.x     Document Type: Article

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