Impacts of black carbon mixing state on black carbon nucleation scavenging: Insights from a particle-resolved model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 23, 2012, Pages

  Ching, J ^a   Riemer, N ^a   West, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BINS; DROPS; ERRORS; MIXING; NUCLEATION; POPULATION STATISTICS;

AEROSOL MODELS; BLACK CARBON; CLOUD DROPLET NUMBER; CLOUD DROPLETS; CLOUD PROPERTIES; CONDENSATIONAL GROWTH; COOLING RATES; DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; EFFECTIVE RADIUS; MASS FRACTION; MIXING STATE; MODEL OUTPUTS; RELATIVE DISPERSION; URBAN PLUMES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BLACK CARBON; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONDENSATION; DISPERSION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUCLEATION; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84871393315     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD018269     Document Type: Article

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