Ammonium nitrate evaporation and nitric acid condensation in DMT CCN counters

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1377-1384

  Romakkaniemi, S ^a,b   Jaatinen, A ^a   Laaksonen, A ^a,b   Nenes, A ^c,d   Raatikainen, T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONDENSATION; EVAPORATION; NITRATE; NITRIC ACID; NUMERICAL MODEL; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

EID: 84901232886     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-7-1377-2014     Document Type: Article

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