The role of clouds and of neutral as well as ion induced pathway for the new particle formation in the tropical upper troposphere: In-situ measurements from continental South America and West Africa

Year: 2011

Authors: Borrmann S., Weigel R., Kazil J., Minikin A., Stohl A., Wilson J. C., Kunkel D., de Reus M., Frey W., Lovejoy E. R., Volk C. M., Viciani S., Cairo F., Law K. S., Curtius J.

Autors Affiliation: Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität and Abteilung Partikelchemie, Max-Planck-Institut für
Chemie, Mainz, Germany;
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado and NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, USA;
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Deutsches
Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany;
Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU),
Kjeller, Norway;
Department of Engineering, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA;
Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany;
Istituto Nazionale di Ottica CNR-INO, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Firenze, Italy;
Istituto di Scienze dell’Atmosfera e del Clima ISAC-CNR , Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy;
Service d’ Aéronomie, CNRS, IPSL/Université Pierre et Marie Curie, LATMOS, CNRS, Université de Versailles St-Quentin, Paris, France;
Institut für Atmosphäre und Umwelt, Experimentelle Atmosphärenforschung, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Journal/Review:

More Information: Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 13, EGU2011-6107, 2011
KeyWords: tropical upper troposphere; in-situ measurements;