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Chamber Simulations of Cloud Chemistry: The AIDA Chamber

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Environmental Simulation Chambers: Application to Atmospheric Chemical Processes

Part of the book series: Nato Science Series: IV: Earth and Environmental Science ((NAIV,volume 62))

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Since its initial operation in 1997, the AIDA aerosol and cloud chamber of Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (Aerosol Interactions and Dynamics in the Atmosphere) has been established as a unique experimental facility to study multi-phase processes over a wide range of atmospheric conditions. Research activities include heterogeneous chemistry on aerosols, hygroscopic and optical properties of complex aerosol particles, homogeneous freezing of supercooled solution droplets, heterogeneous freezing and cirrus cloud formation, as well as formation and characterisation of polar stratospheric cloud constituents.

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  1. Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-AAF), Karlsruhe, Germany

    Robert Wagner, Helmut Bunz, Claudia Linke, Ottmar Möhler, Karl-Heinz Naumann, Harald Saathoff, Martin Schnaiter & Ulrich Schurath

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  1. Physical Chemistry Dept., Bergische University Wuppertal, Germany

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Wagner, R. et al. (2006). Chamber Simulations of Cloud Chemistry: The AIDA Chamber. In: Barnes, I., Rudzinski, K.J. (eds) Environmental Simulation Chambers: Application to Atmospheric Chemical Processes. Nato Science Series: IV: Earth and Environmental Science, vol 62. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4232-9_5

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