Relationships between cloud droplet effective radius, liquid water content, and droplet concentration for warm clouds in Brazil embedded in biomass smoke

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D6, 1999, Pages 6145-6153

  Reid, Jeffrey S ^a,b   Hobbs, Peter V ^a   Rangno, Arthur L ^a   Hegg, Dean A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Naval Command   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; SMOKE;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0033608675     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JD200119     Document Type: Article

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