Modeling cirrus clouds. Part I: Treatment of bimodal size spectra and case study analysis

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 2952-2966

  Mitchell, David L ^a   Chai, Steven K ^a   Liu, Yangang ^a   Heymsfield, Andrew J ^b   Dong, Yayi ^c  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Idaho Division of Environmental Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; CIRRUS; CLOUD MECHANISMS; MODEL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION BIMODAL; VAPOUR DEPOSITION;

EID: 0030422804     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<2952:MCCPIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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