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, Volume 121, Issue 4, pp 611–632 | Cite as

A note on the Aitken nuclei and ion flow measurements in the lower stratosphere

  • Josef Podzimek
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Abstract

In the light of new measurements of small aerosol particles in the lower stratosphere, some of the old investigations—which were only published in part in scientific journals—are reviewed and compared. The discussion focuses on whether the Aitken nuclei (AN) size distribution up to 20 km can be described by Junge’s or log-normal density functions and under what circumstances one can find a bimodal distribution of these particles. The ion flow in correlated to the stratospheric pollution (intercept with the jet aircraft, volcanic activity) and is, in mean, directly proportional to the aircraft altitude in the undisturbed lower stratosphere.

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Stratospheric aerosol 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Josef Podzimek
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Graduate Center for Cloud Physics ResearchUniversity of Missouri-RollaRolla

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