Spatial distributions of particle number concentrations in the global troposphere: Simulations, observations, and implications for nucleation mechanisms

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 17, 2010, Pages

  Yu, Fangqun ^a   Luo, Gan ^a   Bates, Timothy S ^b   Anderson, Bruce ^c   Clarke, Antony ^d   Kapustin, Vladimir ^d   Yantosca, Robert M ^e   Wang, Yuxuan ^f   Wu, Shiliang ^g  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SULFURIC ACID; TROPOSPHERE;

ABSOLUTE VALUES; HEALTH IMPACT; HOMOGENEOUS NUCLEATION; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; NUCLEATION MECHANISM; NUCLEATION MODELS; NUCLEATION RATE; OCEAN SURFACES; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE NUMBERS; SIMULATED RESULTS; SPATIAL COVERAGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBTROPICAL OCEAN; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

NUCLEATION;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; GLOBAL CLIMATE; NUCLEATION; SEA SURFACE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SULFURIC ACID; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 77956048983     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013473     Document Type: Article

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