Reconciliation of measurements of hygroscopic growth and critical supersaturation of aerosol particles in central Germany

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 11737-11752

  Irwin, M ^a   Good, N ^a   Crosier, J ^a   Choularton, T W ^a   McFiggans, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; HYGROSCOPICITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUNTAIN REGION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SUPERSATURATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PARAMETERIZATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; BLACK FOREST; GERMANY; HORNISGRINDE;

EID: 78650140681     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-11737-2010     Document Type: Article

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