Observations of fluorescent aerosol-cloud interactions in the free troposphere at the High-Altitude Research Station Jungfraujoch

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 2273-2284

  Crawford, I ^a   Lloyd, G ^a   Herrmann, E ^b   Hoyle, C R ^b,c   Bower, K N ^a   Connolly, P J ^a   Flynn, M J ^a   Kaye, P H ^d   Choularton, T W ^a   Gallagher, M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; TROPOSPHERE;

BERN [SWITZERLAND]; JUNGFRAUJOCH; SWITZERLAND;

PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 84959387781     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-2273-2016     Document Type: Article

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