Arctic Aerosol Sources and Continental Organic Aerosol Hygroscopicity

• Main Author: Chang, Rachel Ying-Wen
• Other Authors: Abbatt, Jonathan P. D.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Arctic aerosol; cloud condensation nuclei; aerosol-cloud interactions; aerosol nucleation; 0725; 0768; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Baffin Bay; Egbert; Baffin
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/29679

Atmospheric particles can affect climate directly, by scattering solar radiation, or indirectly, by acting as the seed upon which cloud droplets form. These clouds can then cool the earth's surface by reflecting incoming sunlight. In order to constrain the large uncertainties in predicting the...