A numerical model of the cloud-topped planetary boundary-layer: Influence of the physico-chemical properties of aerosol particles on the effective radius of stratiform clouds

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 15-27

  Bott, Andreas ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundary layer clouds; Cloud microphysics; Effective radius of clouds; Radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006684776     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8095(99)00049-6     Document Type: Article

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