A case study of ships forming and not forming tracks in moderately polluted clouds

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 2729-2747

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

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d Princeton University   (United States)

^e California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^g NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^h DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^k JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; EXHAUST EMISSION; FORMATION MECHANISM; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; STRATIFORM CLOUD;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033794624     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<2729:ACSOSF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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