Life cycle of a cloud condensation nucleus, CCN

• Main Author: Paramonov, Mikhail
• Other Authors: Salma, Imre, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics, Helsingin yliopisto, matemaattis-luonnontieteellinen tiedekunta, fysiikan laitos, Helsingfors universitet, matematisk-naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, institutionen för fysik, Kerminen, Veli-Matti, Kulmala, Markku, Petäjä, Tuukka
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Helsingin yliopisto 2015
• Subjects: physics; Aitken; Northern Finland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/154682

The research conducted and presented herein concentrates primarily on the life cycle of a cloud condensation nucleus CCN. The primary motivation of the work is the importance of CCN in the global aerosol-cloud-climate system, and focus is placed on the production of CCN, their behaviour in the atmos...