The role of sulphates and organic vapours in growth of newly formed particles in a eucalypt forest

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2919-2926

  Ristovski, Z D ^a   Suni, T ^b   Kulmala, M ^b   Boy, M ^b   Meyer, N K ^a,c   Duplissy, J ^c,e   Turnipseed, A ^d   Morawska, L ^a   Baltensperger, U ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d BAI Group   (United States)

^e CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONDENSATION; EVERGREEN FOREST; GROWTH RATE; HYGROSCOPICITY; MONOTERPENE; NUCLEATION; PHOTOOXIDATION; SULFATE; SULFURIC ACID; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 77950232934     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-2919-2010     Document Type: Article

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