Analysis of long-term aerosol size distribution data from Jungfraujoch with emphasis on free tropospheric conditions, cloud influence, and air mass transport

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 9459-9480

  Herrmann, Erik ^a   Weingartner, Ernest ^b   Henne, Stephan ^c   Vuilleumier, Laurent ^d   Bukowiecki, Nicolas ^a   Steinbacher, Martin ^c   Conen, Franz ^e   Coen, Martine Collaud ^d   Hammer, Emanuel ^a,f   Jurányi, Zsofia ^b   Baltensperger, Urs ^a   Gysel, Martin ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f Grolimund and Partner Environmental Engineering   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL FORMATION; AIR MASS; AITKEN NUCLEUS; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MASS TRANSPORT; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRACE GAS; TROPOSPHERE;

BERN [SWITZERLAND]; JUNGFRAUJOCH; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84945451722     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023660     Document Type: Article

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