Aerosol- and updraft-limited regimes of cloud droplet formation: Influence of particle number, size and hygroscopicity on the activation of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN)

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 7067-7080

  Reutter, P ^a,b   Su, H ^a   Trentmann, J ^b,d   Simmel, M ^c   Rose, D ^a   Gunthe, S S ^a   Wernli, H ^b   Andreae, M O ^a   Poschl U ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BIOMASS BURNING; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD DROPLET; HYGROSCOPICITY; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUPERSATURATION; UPDRAFT; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 74049119031     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-7067-2009     Document Type: Article

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