Aerosol charging state at an urban site: New analytical approach and implications for ion-induced nucleation

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 4647-4666

  Gagné, Stéphanie ^a,e,f   Leppa J ^b   Petaja T ^a   McGrath, M J ^a,g   Vana, M ^a,c   Kerminen, V M ^b   Laakso, L ^a,b,d   Kulmala, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^d NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^g KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOL FORMATION; ANALYTICAL METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FRACTIONATION; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLARIZATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

FINLAND; HELSINKI; VARSINAIS-SUOMI;

EID: 84979959614     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-4647-2012     Document Type: Article

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