Hygroscopicity and composition of Alaskan Arctic CCN during April 2008

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 11807-11825

  Moore, R H ^a   Bahreini, R ^b,c   Brock, C A ^b   Froyd, K D ^b,c   Cozic, J ^b,c,e   Holloway, J S ^b,c   Middlebrook, A M ^b   Murphy, D M ^b   Nenes, A ^a,d  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; BIOMASS BURNING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYGROSCOPICITY; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PARAMETERIZATION; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SEA ICE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 82355184378     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-11807-2011     Document Type: Article

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