Rapid modification of cloud-nucleating ability of aerosols by biogenic emissions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 6293-6297

  Ma, Yan ^a,b   Brooks, Sarah D ^b   Vidaurre, German ^b   Khalizov, Alexei F ^b   Wang, Lin ^b,c   Zhang, Renyi ^a,b,c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

aerosol aging; biogenic; CCN

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION POTENTIAL; AEROSOL AGING; BIOGENIC; BIOGENIC VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; CCN; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS; WATER SOLUBLE ORGANIC ACIDS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COATINGS; MONOTERPENES; OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

AEROSOL FORMATION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; AGING; BIOGENIC EMISSION; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; HYDROPHOBICITY; NUCLEATION; SUPERSATURATION;

EID: 84891610805     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL057895     Document Type: Article

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