Observations of turbulence-induced new particle formation in the residual layer

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4319-4330

  Wehner, B ^a   Siebert, H ^a   Ansmann, A ^a   Ditas, F ^a   Seifert, P ^a   Stratmann, F ^a   Wiedensohler, A ^a   Apituley, A ^b   Shaw, R A ^a,c   Manninen, H E ^d   Kulmala, M ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL FORMATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; LIDAR; RICHARDSON NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT MIXING; VERTICAL MIXING;

EID: 77952188598     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-4319-2010     Document Type: Article

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