The impact of giant cloud condensation nuclei on drizzle formation in stratocumulus: Implications for cloud radiative properties

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 4100-4117

  Feingold, Graham ^a   Cotton, William R ^b   Kreidenweis, Sonia M ^c   Davis, Janel T ^a  

^a Environmental Technology Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WIND;

DRIZZLE FORMATION; GIANT CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI (GCCN);

CLOUDS;

CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATIVE FORCING; STRATOCUMULUS;

EID: 0033573401     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<4100:TIOGCC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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