TY  - JOUR
A1  - Curtius, Joachim
T1  - Nucleation of atmospheric particles
T2  - EPJ Web of Conferences
N2  - Two types of particles exist in the atmosphere, primary and secondary particles. While primary particles such as soot, mineral dust, sea salt particles or pollen are introduced directly as particles into the atmosphere, secondary particles are formed in the atmosphere by condensation of gases. The formation of such new aerosol particles takes place frequently and at a broad variety of atmospheric conditions and geographic locations. A considerable fraction of the atmospheric particles is formed by such nucleation processes. The newly formed particles may grow by condensation to sizes where they are large enough to act as cloud condensation nuclei and therefore may affect cloud properties. The fundamental processes of aerosol nucleation are described and typical atmospheric observations are discussed. Two recent studies are introduced that potentially change our current understanding of atmospheric nucleation substantially.
Y1  - 2015
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/71662
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-716624
SN  - 2100-014X
VL  - 1
SP  - 199
EP  - 209
PB  - EDP Sciences
CY  - Les Ulis
ER  -