Simulation of marine stratocumulus: Effect of precipitation parameterization and sensitivity to droplet number concentration

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-107

  Delobbe, L ^a   Gallee H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Cloud droplet number concentration; Marine boundary layer; Precipitation; Stratocumulus

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD DROPLET; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STRATOCUMULUS;

EID: 0032449521     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001732526989     Document Type: Article

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