Cloud condensation nuclei in polluted air and biomass burning smoke near the mega-city Guangzhou, China - Part 1: Size-resolved measurements and implications for the modeling of aerosol particle hygroscopicity and CCN activity

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3365-3383

  Rose, D ^a   Nowak, A ^b   Achtert, P ^b   Wiedensohler, A ^b   Hu, M ^c   Shao, M ^c   Zhang, Y ^c   Andreae, M O ^a   Poschl U ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYGROSCOPICITY; MEGACITY; SMOKE; SUPERSATURATION; WATER VAPOR;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 84860389563     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-3365-2010     Document Type: Article

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