Volume nucleation rates for homogeneous freezing in supercooled water microdroplets: Results from a combined experimental and modelling approach

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 7945-7961

  Earle, M E ^a,b   Kuhn, T ^a,c   Khalizov, A F ^a,d   Sloan, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CIRRUS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FREEZING; NUCLEATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINDROP; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; VOLUME; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 77956193310     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-7945-2010     Document Type: Article

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