Nucleation events for the formation of charged aerosol particles at a tropical station - Preliminary results

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 132-133, Issue , 2013, Pages 239-252

  Siingh, Devendraa ^a   Gautam, A S ^a   Kamra, A K ^a   Komsaare, K ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Growth of the particles; Ions and aerosols; Mobility spectra of ions; Nucleation of charged aerosol particles

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC IONS; CHARGED AEROSOL PARTICLES; DIFFERENT PARTICLE SIZES; ION CONCENTRATIONS; MOBILITY SPECTRA; NEUTRAL CLUSTERS; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; TROPICAL STATIONS;

AEROSOLS; AIR MOBILITY; IONS; NUCLEATION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETERS;

AEROSOL FORMATION; ION; IONIC COMPOSITION; MOBILITY; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 84879579856     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.05.024     Document Type: Article

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