A case study of ship track formation in a polluted marine boundary layer

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 2748-2764

  Noone, Kevin J ^a   Johnson, Doug W ^b   Taylor, Jonathan P ^b   Ferek, Ronald J ^c,m   Garrett, Tim ^c   Hobbs, Peter V ^c   Durkee, Philip A ^d   Nielsen, Kurt ^d   Öström, Elisabeth ^a   O'Dowd, Colin ^e   Smith, Michael H ^e   Russell, Lynn M ^f   Flagan, Richard C ^g   Seinfeld, John H ^g   De Bock, Lieve ^h   Van Grieken, René E ^h   Hudson, James G ⁱ   Brooks, Ian ^j   Gasparovic, Richard F ^k   Pockalny, Robert A ^l  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^f Princeton University   (United States)

^g California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

ⁱ DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^m OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; EXHAUST EMISSION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SHIPPING;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033788774     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<2748:ACSOST>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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