Relationships between particles, cloud condensation nuclei and cloud droplet activation during the third Pallas Cloud Experiment

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 11435-11450

  Anttila, T ^a   Brus, D ^a   Jaatinen, A ^b   Hyvarinen A P ^a   Kivekas N ^a   Romakkaniemi, S ^b   Komppula, M ^a   Lihavainen, H ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC PROCESS; AEROSOL PROPERTY; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD DROPLET; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYGROSCOPICITY; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

FINLAND;

EID: 84870544698     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-11435-2012     Document Type: Article

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