Metrics to quantify the importance of mixing state for CCN activity

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 7445-7458

  Ching, Joseph ^a,c   Fast, Jerome ^a   West, Matthew ^b   Riemer, Nicole ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; ERROR ANALYSIS; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SUPERSATURATION;

EID: 85021065588     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-17-7445-2017     Document Type: Article

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