A 17 month climatology of the cloud condensation nuclei number concentration at the high alpine site Jungfraujoch

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Juranyi Z ^a   Gysel, M ^a   Weingartner, E ^a   Bukowiecki, N ^a   Kammermann, L ^a   Baltensperger, U ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATOLOGY; CONDENSATION; DRIERS (MATERIALS); SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS; SURFACE TENSION;

CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; DATA POINTS; FREE TROPOSPHERE; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE NUMBER SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PURE WATER; RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATIONS; SEASONAL AMPLITUDES; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; TIME-RESOLVED;

SUPERSATURATION;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; DATA SET; DRY MATTER; HYGROSCOPICITY; PARTICLE SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUPERSATURATION; TROPOSPHERE;

BERN [SWITZERLAND]; JUNGFRAUJOCH; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 79955503598     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015199     Document Type: Article

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