Drizzle suppression in ship tracks

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 2707-2728

  Ferek, Ronald J ^a,g   Garrett, Timothy ^a   Hobbs, Peter V ^a   Strader, Scott ^a   Johnson, Doug ^b   Taylor, Jonathan P ^b   Nielsen, Kurt ^c   Ackerman, Andrew S ^d   Kogan, Yefim ^e   Liu, Qingfu ^e   Albrecht, Bruce A ^f,h   Babb, David ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DRIZZLE; EXHAUST EMISSION; SHIPPING;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033793639     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<2707:DSIST>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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