Aerosol size distribution at Nansen Ice Sheet Antarctica

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 107, Issue , 2012, Pages 42-50

  Belosi, F ^a   Contini, D ^b   Donateo, A ^b   Santachiara, G ^a   Prodi, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deliquescence; Growth factor; Nucleation; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PARTICLES; AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; AIR MASS; ANTARCTICA; AUSTRAL SUMMERS; CONTINENTAL AIR MASS; DELIQUESCENCE; GROWTH FACTOR; HIGH WIND SPEED; ICE SHEET; NATIONAL PROGRAM; NEW PARTICLE FORMATION; NUMBER SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE GROWTH; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; ROSS SEA;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; GLACIERS; NUCLEATION;

SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE SHEET; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUMMER; WIND VELOCITY;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84857040250     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.12.007     Document Type: Article

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