Coupling sea-salt and sulphate interactions and its impact on cloud droplet concentration predictions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1311-1314

  O'Dowd, Colin D ^a   Lowe, Jason A ^b   Smith, Michael H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD ALBEDO; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; CLOUD DROPLET CONCENTRATION; AEROSOL CLOUDS; CLOUD DROPLETS; INDIRECT RADIATIVE FORCING; INTERNAL MIXING; MULTICOMPONENTS; NUCLEATION PROCESS; SEA SALT AEROSOL;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DIFFUSION; GAS EMISSIONS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SALINE WATER; SILICA; SULFATE MINERALS; WIND EFFECTS; AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; DROPS; NUCLEATION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CLOUDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD DROPLET; SEA SALT; SULFATE;

EID: 0033134296     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900231     Document Type: Article

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