Spatial and temporal scales of new particle formation events in eastern North America

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 75, Issue , 2013, Pages 257-264

  Crippa, P ^a   Pryor, S C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer dynamics; Markov chain; Nucleation; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

DEGREE OF COHERENCE; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; NEW PARTICLE FORMATION; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALE; SPATIAL SCALE; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; FORESTRY; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

MARKOV PROCESSES;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE FORCING; GROWTH RATE; LAND COVER; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MARKOV CHAIN; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; FOREST; NEW PARTICLE FORMATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; URBAN AREA;

FORESTRY; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84877883777     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.04.051     Document Type: Article

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