The ion-aerosol interactions from the ion mobility and aerosol particle size distribution measurements on January 17 and February 18, 2005 at Maitri, Antarctica - A case study

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 735-754

  Siingh, Devendraa ^a   Pant, Vimlesh ^a,b   Kamra, A K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN NATIONAL CENTRE FOR OCEAN INFORMATION SERVICES   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol particle size distribution; Gerdian ion counter battery; Ion aerosol interactions; Mobility spectra of ions; New particle formation at Antarctica

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; ELEMENT MOBILITY; IONIC COMPOSITION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MAITRI;

EID: 80052597963     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 0973774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-011-0102-5     Document Type: Article

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