Aerosol nucleation spikes in the planetary boundary layer

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 7171-7184

  Chen, J P ^a   Tsai, T S ^a   Liu, S C ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD; NUCLEATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; TURBULENCE;

EID: 79960682773     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-7171-2011     Document Type: Article

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