Radiative impacts on the growth of a population of drops within simulated summertime arctic stratus

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 766-787

  Harrington, Jerry Y ^a   Feingold, Graham ^b,c   Cotton, William R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; DROP FORMATION; INFRARED RADIATION; SOLAR HEATING; VAPORS;

EDDY RESOLVING MODEL; INFRARED COOLING; TRAJECTORY ENSEMBLE MODEL;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION;

CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; RADIATIVE FORCING; STRATUS;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0034161678     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<0766:riotgo>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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