Hygroscopic growth of tropospheric particle number size distributions over the North China Plain

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Achtert, P ^a,b   Birmili, W ^b   Nowak, A ^b   Wehner, B ^b   Wiedensohler, A ^b   Takegawa, N ^d   Kondo, Y ^d   Miyazaki, Y ^d   Hu, M ^c   Zhu, T ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLOUDS; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ACCUMULATION MODES; AIR MASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; DESCRIPTIVE HYGROSCOPIC GROWTH FACTOR; DRY CONDITION; GASPHASE; HYGROSCOPIC GROWTH; LIQUID-PHASE PROCESS; MASS FRACTION; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; NORTHEASTERN PLAINS; PARTICLE NUMBER SIZE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SIZE RANGES; SUBMICROMETER PARTICLE; SULFATE ION; SULFATE PRODUCTION; SURROUNDING REGIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR MASS; AITKEN NUCLEUS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; DIAMETER; HYGROSCOPICITY; MODEL VALIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATIVE FORCING; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; RESEARCH WORK; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; SUBURBAN AREA; SULFATE; TROPOSPHERE; VISIBILITY;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

EID: 77954343906     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010921     Document Type: Article

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