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On the growth of ternary system HNO 3 /H 2 SO 4 /H 2 O aerosol particles in the stratosphere
Author(s) -
Hamill Patrick,
Tabazadeh A.,
Kinne S.,
Toon O. B.,
Turco R. P.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/96gl00703
Subject(s) - stratosphere , sulfuric acid , nitric acid , ternary operation , aerosol , extinction (optical mineralogy) , water vapor , condensation , ternary numeral system , particle (ecology) , analytical chemistry (journal) , atmospheric sciences , meteorology , chemistry , mineralogy , materials science , inorganic chemistry , physics , environmental chemistry , geology , oceanography , computer science , programming language
We present a study of the growth of ternary solution (nitric acid, sulfuric acid and water) droplets in the stratosphere. The growth mechanism is hetero‐molecular condensation in which the particle is assumed to be in equilibrium with environmental water vapor. Model results are in reasonable agreement with the averaged extinction ratio obtained by the SAM II satellite system.