The role of organic condensation on ultrafine particle growth during nucleation events

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 6337-6350

  Patoulias, D ^a,b   Fountoukis, C ^b   Riipinen, I ^c   Pandis, S N ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CONDENSATION; NUCLEATION; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE TENSION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; CRETE [GREECE]; FINLAND; FINOKALIA; GREECE; HYYTIALA; LASITHI; PIRKANMAA;

EID: 84935845003     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-6337-2015     Document Type: Article

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