Composition and temporal behavior of ambient ions in the boreal forest

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 8513-8530

  Ehn, M ^a   Junninen, H ^a   Petaja T ^a   Kurten T ^a   Kerminen, V M ^a,b   Schobesberger, S ^a   Manninen, H E ^a   Ortega, I K ^a   Vehkamaki H ^a   Kulmala, M ^a   Worsnop, D R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BOREAL FOREST; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); IONIC COMPOSITION; NUCLEATION; OXIDATION; SULFURIC ACID; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 77956458619     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-8513-2010     Document Type: Article

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