ISORROPIA-Lite: A Comprehensive Atmospheric Aerosol Thermodynamics Module for Earth System Models

Stylianos Kakavas; Spyros N. Pandis; Athanasios Nenes

doi:10.16993/tellusb.33

ISORROPIA-Lite: A Comprehensive Atmospheric Aerosol Thermodynamics Module for Earth System Models

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 74 (2022): Issue 1

By: Stylianos Kakavas , Spyros N. Pandis and Athanasios Nenes

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Keywords:

aerosol thermodynamics,

metastable state,

nitrate,

ammonium,

organic water

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