Abundance of fluorescent biological aerosol particles at temperatures conducive to the formation of mixed-phase and cirrus clouds

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 8205-8225

  Twohy, Cynthia H ^a   McMeeking, Gavin R ^b,h   DeMott, Paul J ^c   McCluskey, Christina S ^c   Hill, Thomas C J ^c   Burrows, Susannah M ^d   Kulkarni, Gourihar R ^d   Tanarhte, Meryem ^e   Kafle, Durga N ^f   Toohey, Darin W ^g  

^a Northwest Research Assoct   (United States)

^b Droplet Measurement Technologies Inc   (United States)

^c Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^h Handix LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BOUNDARY LAYER; CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ICE CRYSTAL; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84978285735     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-8205-2016     Document Type: Article

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