Aerosol size distribution in precipitation events in León, Spain

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 96, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 421-435

  Castro, Amaya ^a   Alonso Blanco, Elisabeth ^a   González Colino, Miguel ^a   Calvo, Ana I ^a   Fernández Raga, María ^a   Fraile, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accumulation mode; Aerosol optical counter; Aerosol size distribution; Coarse mode; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION MODE; ACCUMULATION MODES; AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; AEROSOL SPECTROMETERS; COARSE MODE; COUNT MEDIAN DIAMETERS; DENSE FOG; INTENSE PRECIPITATION; PARTICLE NUMBER SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PASSIVE CAVITY; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; RAIN EVENTS; RAIN-INTENSITY; SMALL DROPLETS; SMALL PARTICLES; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DROP FORMATION; INFILTRATION; PROBES; RADIATION COUNTERS; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

RAIN;

ACCUMULATION; AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DRIZZLE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

SPAIN;

EID: 77952297756     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.01.014     Document Type: Article

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