Long-term measurements of cloud droplet concentrations and aerosol–cloud interactions in continental boundary layer clouds

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ahmad, Irshad ^a   Mielonen, Tero ^b   Grosvenor, Daniel P ^c   Portin, Harri J ^a,b   Arola, Antti ^b   Mikkonen, Santtu ^a   Kühn, Thomas ^a   Leskinen, Ari ^b   Joutsensaari, Jorma ^a   Komppula, Mika ^b   Lehtinen, Kari E J ^a,b   Laaksonen, Ari ^a,b   Romakkaniemi, Sami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Aerosol cloud interaction; Cloud droplet effective radius; Cloud droplet number concentration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893304396     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.20138     Document Type: Article

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