The effective radius in large-scale models: Impact of aerosols and coalescence

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 213-234

  Wyser, Klaus ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Cloud microphysics; Coalescence; Modeling; Parameterization

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COALESCENCE; MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 0032531383     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8095(98)00081-7     Document Type: Article

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