Correlation of aerosol nucleation rate with sulfuric acid and ammonia in Kent, Ohio: An atmospheric observation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 23, 2010, Pages

  Erupe, Mark E ^a   Benson, David R ^a   Li, Jingmin ^a   Young, Li Hao ^a,b   Verheggen, Bart ^c   Al Refai, Mohammed ^a   Tahboub, Omar ^a   Cunningham, Victoria ^a   Frimpong, Flavia ^a   Viggiano, Albert A ^d   Lee, Shan Hu ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONDENSATION; ECOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SULFUR DETERMINATION;

ACID CONCENTRATIONS; AEROSOL GROWTH; AEROSOL NUCLEATION; AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; AMBIENT AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC OBSERVATIONS; CHEMICAL IONIZATION; CHEMICAL SPECIES; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; CONTINENTAL ENVIRONMENTS; INVERSE MODELS; MIXING RATIOS; NEW PARTICLE FORMATION; NUCLEATION RATE; PARTICLE GROWTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT;

SULFURIC ACID;

AEROSOL; AMMONIA; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; GROWTH RATE; IONIZATION; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SULFURIC ACID;

OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650270115     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD013942     Document Type: Article

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