Parameterizing the formation rate of new particles: The effect of nuclei self-coagulation

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 621-636

  Anttila, Tatu ^a   Kerminen, Veli Matti ^a   Lehtinen, Kari E J ^a,b  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aerosol dynamics; Aerosol modeling; Atmospheric aerosols; New particle formation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; COAGULATION; PARAMETERIZATION;

AEROSOL DYNAMICS; AEROSOL MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; EXPLICIT MODELING; LARGE-SCALE MODELS; NEW PARTICLE FORMATION; PARTICLE FORMATIONS; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION;

NUCLEATION;

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSOL; AEROSOL FORMATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; COAGULATION; NUCLEATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; TROPOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77953812027     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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