Aerosol hygroscopicity parameter derived from the light scattering enhancement factor measurements in the North China Plain

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 8105-8118

  Chen, J ^a,c   Zhao, C S ^a   Ma, N ^a,d   Yan, P ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ALGORITHM; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; HAZE; HYGROSCOPICITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATIVE FORCING; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

EID: 84925399906     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-8105-2014     Document Type: Article

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