Aerosols that form subvisible cirrus at the tropical tropopause

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 209-218

  Froyd, K D ^a,b   Murphy, D M ^a   Lawson, P ^c   Baumgardner, D ^d   Herman, R L ^e  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c SPEC INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; BIOMASS BURNING; CIRRUS; FREEZING; ICE CRYSTAL; LABORATORY METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 74249098662     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-209-2010     Document Type: Article

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