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Heterogeneous production of cloud condensation nuclei in the marine atmosphere
Author(s) -
Hegg Dean A.
Publication year - 1990
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/gl017i012p02165
Subject(s) - atmosphere (unit) , cloud condensation nuclei , condensation , cloud computing , sulfate , environmental science , production (economics) , astrobiology , atmospheric sciences , meteorology , physics , materials science , computer science , aerosol , economics , metallurgy , macroeconomics , operating system
Model calculations are presented which indicate that newly created particles in the marine atmosphere will commonly only be able to achieve sizes, by means of gas‐phase processes, sufficient to activate in cumuliform clouds. Aqueous sulfate production in such clouds will be generally necessary to grow them large enough to activate in marine stratus clouds.