Trends in new particle formation in eastern Lapland, Finland: Effect of decreasing sulfur emissions from Kola Peninsula

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 4383-4396

  Kyro E M ^a   Vaananen R ^a   Kerminen, V M ^a   Virkkula, A ^a,b   Petaja T ^a   Asmi, A ^a   Dal Maso, M ^c   Nieminen, T ^a   Juhola, S ^a,d   Shcherbinin, A ^a   Riipinen, I ^e   Lehtipalo, K ^a,f   Keronen, P ^a   Aalto, P P ^a   Hari, P ^a   Kulmala, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f Airmodus Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NUCLEATION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SULFUR EMISSION; SULFURIC ACID;

KOLA PENINSULA; LAPLAND [EURASIA]; MURMANSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84899762587     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-4383-2014     Document Type: Article

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