A new balance formula to estimate new particle formation rate: Reevaluating the effect of coagulation scavenging

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 20, 2017, Pages 12659-12675

  Cai, Runlong ^a   Jiang, Jingkun ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; COAGULATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BEIJING [BEIJING (ADS)]; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 85031769840     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-17-12659-2017     Document Type: Article

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