Physical and chemical observations in marine stratus during the 1993 North Atlantic Regional Experiment: Factors controlling cloud droplet number concentrations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 29123-29135

  Leaitch, W R ^a   Banic, C M ^a   Isaac, G A ^a   Couture, M D ^a   Liu, P S K ^a   Gultepe, I ^a   Li, S M ^a   Kleinman, L ^b   Daum, P H ^b   MacPherson, J I ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOLS; CLOUD CHEMISTRY; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD PHYSICS; DROPLET NUMBER CONCENTRATIONS; STRATUS;

BAY OF FUNDY; GULF OF MAINE;

EID: 0030434120     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd01228     Document Type: Article

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