New cloud chamber experiments on the heterogeneous ice nucleation ability of oxalic acid in the immersion mode

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2083-2110

  Wagner, R ^a   Mohler O ^a   Saathoff, H ^a   Schnaiter, M ^a   Leisner, T ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ICE CRYSTAL; NUCLEATION; OXALIC ACID; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOLUTION;

EID: 79952402454     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-2083-2011     Document Type: Article

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