Meteorological and trace gas factors affecting the number concentration of atmospheric Aitken (DP Combining double low line 50 nm) particles in the continental boundary layer: Parameterization using a multivariate mixed effects model

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Mikkonen, S ^a   Korhonen, H ^a,b   Romakkaniemi, S ^a   Smith, J N ^a,b,c   Joutsensaari, J ^a   Lehtinen, K E J ^a,b   Hamed, A ^a   Breider, T J ^d   Birmili, W ^e   Spindler, G ^e   Plass Duelmer, C ^f   Facchini, M C ^g   Laaksonen, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f Hohenpeissenberg Meteorological Observatory   (Germany)

^g INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AITKEN NUCLEUS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONDENSATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRACE GAS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 79960524565     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-4-1-2011     Document Type: Article

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