Interactions of meteoric smoke particles with sulphuric acid in the Earth's stratosphere

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 4387-4398

  Saunders, R W ^a   Dhomse, S ^a   Tian, W S ^b   Chipperfield, M P ^a   Plane, J M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; DISSOLUTION; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MESOSPHERE; METEOR; STRATOSPHERE; SULFURIC ACID;

EID: 84862066180     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-4387-2012     Document Type: Article

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