Evidence of an elevated source of nucleation based on model simulations and data from the NIFTy experiment

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 8021-8036

  Crippa, P ^a   Petaja T ^b   Korhonen, H ^c   El Afandi, G S ^d   Pryor, S C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NUCLEATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARTICLE MOTION; PARTICLE SIZE;

INDIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869071677     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-8021-2012     Document Type: Article

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