Aerosol mixing state, hygroscopic growth and cloud activation efficiency during MIRAGE 2006

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 5049-5062

  Lance, S ^a,b,c,d   Raatikainen, T ^a,e   Onasch, T B ^f   Worsnop, D R ^f   Yu, X Y ^g   Alexander, M L ^g   Stolzenburg, M R ^h   McMurry, P H ^h   Smith, J N ^d   Nenes, A ^a,i  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^g PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h University of Minnesota   (United States)

ⁱ Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYGROSCOPICITY; PARTICLE SIZE; SUPERSATURATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY;

EID: 84896693486     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-5049-2013     Document Type: Article

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