From hygroscopic aerosols to cloud droplets: The HygrA-CD campaign in the Athens basin — An overview

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 574, Issue , 2017, Pages 216-233

  Papayannis, A ^a   Argyrouli, A ^a   Bougiatioti, A ^a,b   Remoundaki, E ^a   Vratolis, S ^a,c   Nenes, A ^b,d,e,p   Solomos, S ^e   Komppula, M ^f   Giannakaki, E ^f,g   Kalogiros, J ^e   Banks, R ^h,i   Eleftheriadis, K ^c   Mantas, E ^a   Diapouli, E ^c   Tzanis, C G ^g   Kazadzis, S ^e,j   Binietoglou, I ^k   Labzovskii, L ^k,l   Vande Hey, J ^m   Zerefos, C S ^n,o  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^d INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^e NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^f FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^h BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^j WORLD RADIATION CENTER   (Switzerland)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR OPTOELECTRONICS INOE 2000   (Romania)

^l RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^m UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^o Navarino Environmental Observatory (NEO)   (Greece)

^p Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

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Author keywords

Aerosol chemical properties; Aerosol Raman lidar; Athens; CCN; Cloud development; Cloud droplet number; Doppler lidar; FLEXPART model; Greece; HygrA CD; Precipitation radar; SMPS; WRF

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COASTAL ZONES; DROPS; GALLIUM ALLOYS; OPTICAL RADAR; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SUPERSATURATION;

ATHENS; CLOUD DEVELOPMENT; CLOUD DROPLET NUMBER; DOPPLER LIDARS; FLEXPART; GREECE; HYGRA-CD; PRECIPITATION RADAR; RAMAN LIDAR; SMPS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AEROSOL; AEROSOL FORMATION; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD DROPLET; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DOPPLER LIDAR; DOPPLER RADAR; HYGROSCOPICITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

AEROSOL; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CLOUD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GREECE; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY; WIND;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 84988028707     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.09.054     Document Type: Article

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