Condensation nuclei measurements in the midlatitude (1982–2012) and Antarctic (1986–2010) stratosphere between 20 and 35 km

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 137-152

  Campbell, Patrick ^a   Deshler, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CONDENSATION; NUCLEATION;

AMBIENT TEMPERATURE CHANGE; BALLOON-BORNE; CONDENSATION NUCLEI; FORMATION MECHANISM; HOMOGENEOUS NUCLEATION; MERIDIONAL TRANSPORT; STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS;

MEASUREMENTS;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; BALLOON OBSERVATION; CONDENSATION; LATITUDE; NUCLEATION; STRATOSPHERE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LARAMIE; MCMURDO STATION; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 84893945884     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD019710     Document Type: Article

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