Atmospheric nucleation and initial steps of particle growth: Numerical comparison of different theories and hypotheses

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 98, Issue 2-4, 2010, Pages 229-236

  Vuollekoski, Henri ^a   Nieminen, Tuomo ^a   Paasonen, Pauli ^a   Sihto, Sanna Liisa ^a   Boy, Michael ^a   Manninen, Hanna ^a   Lehtinen, Kari ^b   Kerminen, Veli Matti ^a,c   Kulmala, Markku ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activation; New particle formation; Nucleation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION; BOREAL FORESTS; CRITICAL CLUSTER; DYNAMICAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FINLAND; FORMATION RATES; NEW PARTICLE FORMATION; NUCLEATION RATE; NUMERICAL COMPARISON; PARAMETERIZED; PARTICLE GROWTH; POWER DEPENDENCE; SEMI-EMPIRICAL; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SULPHURIC ACIDS; TEMPORAL BEHAVIOR; VOLATILE ORGANIC;

NUCLEATION; VAPORS;

SULFURIC ACID;

AEROSOL; BOREAL FOREST; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NUCLEATION; SULFURIC ACID; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

FINLAND; HYYTIALA; LANSI SUOMEN;

EID: 77955582413     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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