Molecular constraints on particle growth during new particle formation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 6045-6054

  Bzdek, Bryan R ^a   Lawler, Michael J ^b,c   Horan, Andrew J ^a   Pennington, M Ross ^a   DePalma, Joseph W ^a   Zhao, Jun ^d   Smith, James N ^b,c   Johnston, Murray V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONACEOUS MATTER; CARBONACEOUS SPECIES; CLIMATIC IMPACT; COMPOSITION MEASUREMENTS; MOLECULAR IDENTITIES; NANOPARTICLE GROWTHS; NEW PARTICLE FORMATION; PARTICLE GROWTH;

NANOPARTICLES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARTICLE MOTION; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 84906523964     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL060160     Document Type: Article

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