The role of low-volatility organic compounds in initial particle growth in the atmosphere

Nature

Volumn 533, Issue 7604, 2016, Pages 527-531

  Tröstl, Jasmin ^a   Chuang, Wayne K ^b,v,w   Gordon, Hamish ^c   Heinritzi, Martin ^d   Yan, Chao ^e   Molteni, Ugo ^a   Ahlm, Lars ^f   Frege, Carla ^a   Bianchi, Federico ^a,e,g   Wagner, Robert ^e   Simon, Mario ^d   Lehtipalo, Katrianne ^a,e   Williamson, Christina ^d,h   Craven, Jill S ⁱ   Duplissy, Jonathan ^e   Adamov, Alexey ^e   Almeida, Joao ^c   Bernhammer, Anne Kathrin ^j,k   Breitenlechner, Martin ^k   Brilke, Sophia ^d   Dias, Antònio ^c   Ehrhart, Sebastian ^c   Flagan, Richard C ⁱ   Franchin, Alessandro ^e   Fuchs, Claudia ^a   Guida, Roberto ^c   Gysel, Martin ^a   Hansel, Armin ^j,k   Hoyle, Christopher R ^a,l   Jokinen, Tuija ^e   Junninen, Heikki ^e   Kangasluoma, Juha ^e   Keskinen, Helmi ^e,m   Kim, Jaeseok ^m   Krapf, Manuel ^a   Kürten, Andreas ^d   Laaksonen, Ari ^m,n   Lawler, Michael ^m,o   Leiminger, Markus ^d   Mathot, Serge ^c   Möhler, Ottmar ^p   Nieminen, Tuomo ^e   Onnela, Antti ^c   Petäjä, Tuukka ^c   Piel, Felix M ^e   Miettinen, Pasi ^d   Rissanen, Matti P ^m   Rondo, Linda ^e   Sarnela, Nina ^d   Schobesberger, Siegfried ^e   Sengupta, Kamalika ^e   Sipilä, Mikko ^q   Smith, James N ^e   Steiner, Gerhard ^m,r   Tomè, Antònio ^e,j,s,t   Virtanen, Annele ^m   Wagner, Andrea C ^d   Weingartner, Ernest ^a   Wimmer, Daniela ^d,e   Winkler, Paul M ^s   Ye, Penglin ^b   Carslaw, Kenneth S ^q   Curtius, Joachim ^a   Dommen, Josef ^a   Kirkby, Jasper ^c,d   Kulmala, Markku ^e   Riipinen, Ilona ^f   Worsnop, Douglas R ^e,u   Donahue, Neil M ^b,e   Baltensperger, Urs ^a   more..

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^h EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^k IONICON Analytik GmbH   (Austria)

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

^m UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

ⁿ FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^o NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^p KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^q UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^r UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^t UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^u AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^w NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE; AMMONIA; NITRATE; SULFURIC ACID; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL FORMATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONDENSATION; NANOPARTICLE; NUCLEATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SULFURIC ACID; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAPOR;

EID: 84971350459     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature18271     Document Type: Article

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