Long-term study of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) activation of the atmospheric aerosol in Vienna

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 32, 2011, Pages 5751-5759

  Burkart, J ^a   Steiner, G ^a   Reischl, G ^a   Hitzenberger, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Activation diameter; Activation ratio; CCN; Urban aerosol

Indexed keywords

CCN; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; CONDENSATION NUCLEI; COUNTER CURRENT; DIURNAL PATTERN; DIURNAL VARIATION; NUMBER SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SCANNING MOBILITY PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; TIME-SCALES; URBAN AEROSOLS; URBAN BACKGROUND; VIENNA , AUSTRIA;

CONDENSATION; PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COUNTERCURRENT; DIAMETER; DIURNAL VARIATION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECTROMETER; SUPERSATURATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; AUSTRIA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLOUD; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; GEOLOGICAL TIME; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRIA; VIENNA;

EID: 80052304664     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.07.022     Document Type: Article

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