Aerosol decadal trends-Part 2: In-situ aerosol particle number concentrations at GAW and ACTRIS stations

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 895-916

  Asmi, A ^a,p   Collaud Coen, M ^b   Ogren, J A ^c   Andrews, E ^c,d   Sheridan, P ^c   Jefferson, A ^c,d   Weingartner, E ^e   Baltensperger, U ^e   Bukowiecki, N ^e   Lihavainen, H ^f   Kivekas N ^f   Asmi, E ^f   Aalto, P P ^a   Kulmala, M ^a   Wiedensohler, A ^g   Birmili, W ^g   Hamed, A ^g,h   O'Dowd, C ⁱ   Jennings, S G ⁱ   Weller, R ^j   Flentje, H ^k   Fjaeraa, A M ^l   Fiebig, M ^l   Myhre, C L ^l   Hallar, A G ^m   Swietlicki, E ⁿ   Kristensson, A ⁿ   Laj, P ^o   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^g LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

ⁱ NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^j ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^k DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^l NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^m DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁿ LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^o VERIMAG   (France)

^p UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; EMISSION; NITROGEN; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OPTICAL PROPERTY; TIME SERIES;

ANTARCTICA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84873021449     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-895-2013     Document Type: Article

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