Estimation of small ion concentration near the Earth's surface

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 2345-2351

  Kamsali, Nagaraja ^a   Pawar, S D ^b   Murugavel, P ^b   Gopalakrishnan, V ^b  

^a BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Ion aerosol interactions; Ionization; Radon; Small ion concentration

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; AIR CONDUCTIVITIES; ATMOSPHERIC IONS; BALANCE EQUATIONS; DIURNAL VARIATION; EARTH'S SURFACE; ION CONCENTRATIONS; ION-AEROSOL INTERACTIONS; IONIZATION RATES; LOWER ATMOSPHERE; RADON GAS; SMALL ION CONCENTRATION; STABLE LAYER;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; IONIZATION OF GASES; IONS; RADON;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

EID: 84860404567     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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