Investigating primary marine aerosol properties: CCN activity of sea salt and mixed inorganic-organic particles

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 10405-10412

  King, Stephanie M ^a   Butcher, Andrew C ^a   Rosenoern, Thomas ^a,g   Coz, Esther ^b   Lieke, Kirsten I ^a   De Leeuw, Gerrit ^c,d,e   Nilsson, E Douglas ^f   Bilde, Merete ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b CIEMAT   (Spain)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e TNO   (Netherlands)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g FORCE TECHNOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SEAWATER; BUBBLE RESIDENCE TIME; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; FOAM LAYERS; INORGANIC COMPONENTS; INORGANIC-ORGANIC; JET IMPINGEMENT; MARINE AEROSOLS; ORGANIC ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC SURFACTANTS; ORGANIC-INORGANIC; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; SEA SALTS; SEA SPRAY; SODIUM LAURATE; WATER JETS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; JETS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEEL TANKS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

SEAWATER EFFECTS;

INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; BUBBLE; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; FOAM; JET; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; RESIDENCE TIME; SEA SALT; SEAWATER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPRAY; SURFACTANT;

AERATION; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CLOUD; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PARTICLE SIZE;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERE; OCEANS AND SEAS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 84867055687     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es300574u     Document Type: Article

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