The role of sulfuric acid in atmospheric nucleation

Science

Volumn 327, Issue 5970, 2010, Pages 1243-1246

  Sipila, Mikko ^a,b   Berndt, Torsten ^a   Petaja, Tuukka ^b   Brus, David ^c,d   Vanhanen, Joonas ^b   Stratmann, Frank ^a   Patokoski, Johanna ^b   Mauldin III, Roy L ^e   Hyvärinen, Antti Pekka ^d   Lihavainen, Heikki ^d   Kulmala, Markku ^b,f  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS   (Czech Republic)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFURIC ACID;

AEROSOL FORMATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; LABORATORY METHOD; NUCLEATION; SULFURIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77749264546     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1180315     Document Type: Article

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