The impact of ship-produced aerosols on the microstructure and albedo of warm marine stratocumulus clouds: A test of MAST hypotheses 1i and 1ii

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 2554-2569

  Durkee, Philip A ^a   Noone, K J ^b   Ferek, R J ^c,l   Johnson, D W ^d   Taylor, J P ^d   Garrett, T J ^c   Hobbs, P V ^c   Hudson, J G ^e   Bretherton, C S ^c   Innis, G ^f   Frick, G M ^g   Hoppel, W A ^g   O'Dowd, C D ^h   Russell, L M ⁱ   Gasparovic, R ^j   Nielsen, K E ^a   Tessmer, S A ^a   Ostrom E ^b,d   Osborne, S R ^d   Flagan, R C ^k   Seinfeld, J H ^k   Rand, H ^c   more..

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^e DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^g NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^l OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; EXHAUST EMISSION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; SHIPPING; STRATOCUMULUS;

EID: 0033784535     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<2554:TIOSPA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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