Size-segregated measurements of cloud condensation nucleus activity and hygroscopic growth for aerosols at Cape Hedo, Japan, in spring 2008

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 21, 2010, Pages

  Mochida, Michihiro ^a   Nishita Hara, Chiharu ^a   Kitamori, Yasuyuki ^b   Aggarwal, Shankar G ^b,c   Kawamura, Kimitaka ^b   Miura, Kazuhiko ^d   Takami, Akinori ^e  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CONDENSATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS; SURFACE TENSION; WATER VAPOR;

AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETERS; AEROSOL PARTICLES; AIR MASS TRAJECTORIES; CARBONACEOUS COMPONENTS; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; CORE-SHELL MODEL; GLOBAL AEROSOL; HYGROSCOPIC GROWTH; HYGROSCOPIC GROWTH FACTOR; HYGROSCOPICITY-TANDEM DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY ANALYZERS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; ORGANICS; POLYMERIC COMPOUNDS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SIZE DEPENDENCE; STEPWISE INCREASE; UNIMODAL;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AITKEN NUCLEUS; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; HYGROSCOPICITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEASONALITY; SULFATE;

CAPE HEDO; CHINA; JAPAN; KOREA; OKINAWA ISLAND; OKINAWA ISLANDS; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; PACIFIC OCEAN; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

EID: 78649250109     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013216     Document Type: Article

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