Simulating ultrafine particle formation in Europe using a regional CTM: Contribution of primary emissions versus secondary formation to aerosol number concentrations

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 8663-8677

  Fountoukis, C ^a   Riipinen, I ^b   Denier Van Der Gon, H A C ^c   Charalampidis, P E ^d   Pilinis, C ^d   Wiedensohler, A ^e   O'Dowd, C ^f   Putaud, J P ^g   Moerman, M ^c   Pandis, S N ^a,h,i  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^g JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^h CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL FORMATION; AMMONIA; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION CONTROL; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

BALKANS; PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

EID: 84867563376     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-8663-2012     Document Type: Article

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