Physical state model of H2SO4/NH3/H2O-aerosols
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A novel model to predict the physical state of atmospheric H2SO4/NH3/H2O aerosol particles C. A. Colberg, B. P. Luo, H. Wernli, T. Koop, and Th. Peter Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, Switzerland Received: 14 November 2002 – Accepted: 21 November 2002 – Published: 16 December 2002 Correspondence to: C. A. Colberg ([email protected])
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