A case-study of pronounced perturbations to cloud properties and boundary-layer dynamics due to aerosol emissions

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 559, 1999, Pages 2643-2661

  Taylor, J P ^a   Ackerman, A S ^b  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aircraft measurements; Boundary layer dynamics; Cloud radiative properties; Ship tracks

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING;

EID: 0033400275     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55914     Document Type: Article

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