Estimating seasonal variations in cloud droplet number concentration over the boreal forest from satellite observations

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 7701-7713

  Janssen, R H H ^a   Ganzeveld, L N ^a   Kabat, P ^a   Kulmala, M ^b   Nieminen, T ^b   Roebeling, R A ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BOREAL FOREST; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD DROPLET; MODIS; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATIFORM CLOUD;

EID: 79961053738     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-7701-2011     Document Type: Article

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