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Surface tension prevails over solute effect in organic-influenced cloud droplet activation

Jurgita Ovadnevaite, Andreas Zuend, Ari Laaksonen, Kevin J. Sanchez, Greg Roberts, Darius Ceburnis, Stefano Decesari, Matteo Rinaldi, Natasha Hodas, Maria Cristina Facchini, John H. Seinfeld and Colin O’ Dowd ()
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Jurgita Ovadnevaite: School of Physics and Centre for Climate and Air Pollution Studies, National University of Ireland Galway
Andreas Zuend: McGill University
Ari Laaksonen: Finnish Meteorological Institute
Kevin J. Sanchez: Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques, 42, avenue Gaspard Coriolis
Greg Roberts: Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques, 42, avenue Gaspard Coriolis
Darius Ceburnis: School of Physics and Centre for Climate and Air Pollution Studies, National University of Ireland Galway
Stefano Decesari: Instituto di Scienze dell’Atmosfera—CNR
Matteo Rinaldi: Instituto di Scienze dell’Atmosfera—CNR
Natasha Hodas: California Institute of Technology
Maria Cristina Facchini: Instituto di Scienze dell’Atmosfera—CNR
John H. Seinfeld: California Institute of Technology
Colin O’ Dowd: School of Physics and Centre for Climate and Air Pollution Studies, National University of Ireland Galway

Nature, 2017, vol. 546, issue 7660, 637-641

Abstract: A phase-separation mechanism is proposed for the dominance of the surface tension effect over the solute effect in the observed activation of ultrafine cloud condensation nuclei.

Date: 2017
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