Long-term observations of cloud condensation nuclei in the Amazon rain forest - Part 1: Aerosol size distribution, hygroscopicity, and new model parametrizations for CCN prediction

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 2016, Pages 15709-15740

  Pöhlker, Mira L ^a   Pöhlker, Christopher ^a   Ditas, Florian ^a   Klimach, Thomas ^a   De Angelis, Isabella Hrabe ^a   Araújo, Alessandro ^b   Brito, Joel ^c,l   Carbone, Samara ^c,m   Cheng, Yafang ^a   Chi, Xuguang ^a,n   Ditz, Reiner ^a   Gunthe, Sachin S ^d   Kesselmeier, Jürgen ^a   Könemann, Tobias ^a   Lavrič, Jošt V ^e   Martin, Scot T ^f   Mikhailov, Eugene ^g   Moran Zuloaga, Daniel ^a   Rose, Diana ^h   Saturno, Jorge ^a   Su, Hang ^a   Thalman, Ryan ^i,o   Walter, David ^a   Wang, Jian ⁱ   Wolff, Stefan ^a,j   Barbosa, Henrique M J ^c   Artaxo, Paulo ^c   Andreae, Meinrat O ^a,k   Pöschl, Ulrich ^a   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^h GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^j INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^m FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

ⁿ NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^o Snow College   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; HYGROSCOPICITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; RAINFOREST; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AMAZON BASIN; AMAZONIA;

EID: 85007016160     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-15709-2016     Document Type: Article

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