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  • Glossary item | Last updated: 08 Aug 2023
Aerosol

A collection of airborne solid or liquid particles (excluding pure water), with a typical size between 0.01 and 10 micrometers (?m) and residing in the atmosphere for at least several hours. Aerosols may be of either natural or anthropogenic origin.

UNEP/WMO, 2011, Integrated Assessment of Black Carbon and Tropospheric Ozone, UNEP, Nairobi.

Source category: International Organisation