Field measurements suggest the mechanism of laser-assisted water condensation

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Henin, S ^a   Petit, Y ^a   Rohwetter, P ^b   Stelmaszczyk, K ^b   Hao, Z Q ^b   Nakaema, W M ^b   Vogel, A ^c   Pohl, T ^c   Schneider, F ^d   Kasparian, J ^a   Weber, K ^c   Woste L ^b   Wolf, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^d Grimm Aerosol Technik GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; GAS ANALYSIS PARAMETERS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 80052396588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1462     Document Type: Article

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