Influence of aerosol lifetime on the interpretation of nucleation experiments with respect to the first nucleation theorem

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 11465-11471

  Ehrhart, S ^a   Curtius, J ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 84900440385     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-11465-2013     Document Type: Article

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