Frequent nucleation events at the high altitude station of Chacaltaya (5240m a.s.l.), Bolivia

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 102, Issue , 2015, Pages 18-29

  Rose, C ^a   Sellegri, K ^a   Velarde, F ^b   Moreno, I ^b   Ramonet, M ^c   Weinhold, K ^d   Krejci, R ^e   Andrade, M ^b   Wiedensohler, A ^c   Laj, P ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Aerosols; High altitude; Nucleation

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DROUGHT; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BIOGENIC VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; HIGH ALTITUDE; ION-INDUCED NUCLEATION; NEW PARTICLE FORMATION; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; PARTICLE GROWTH RATES; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

NUCLEATION;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL FORMATION; ALTITUDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NUCLEATION; RAINFOREST; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD; COASTAL WATERS; GROWTH RATE; MOISTURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RAIN FOREST; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE;

AMAZON RIVER; BOLIVIA;

EID: 84912019566     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.11.015     Document Type: Article

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