Climatology of new particle formation at Izaña mountain GAW observatory in the subtropical North Atlantic

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 3865-3881

  Garcia M I ^a,b   Rodriguez S ^a   Gonzalez Y ^a   Garcia R D ^a,c  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CONDENSATION; GROWTH RATE; NUCLEATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLAR RADIATION; SULFURIC ACID; TROPOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CANARY ISLANDS; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

EID: 84898777525     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-3865-2014     Document Type: Article

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