Laboratory measurements and model sensitivity studies of dust deposition ice nucleation

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 7295-7308

  Kulkarni, G ^a   Fan, J ^a   Comstock, J M ^a   Liu, X ^a   Ovchinnikov, M ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST; LABORATORY METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

EID: 84869016590     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-7295-2012     Document Type: Article

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