On the cloud processing of aerosol particles: An entraining air-parcel model with two-dimensional spectral cloud microphysics and a new formulation of the collection kernel

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 129, Issue 587 PART A, 2003, Pages 1-18

  Kerkweg, Astrid ^a   Wurzler, Sabine ^b   Reisin, Tamir ^c   Bott, Andreas ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER NEGEV   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cloud chemistry; Convective clouds

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CLOUDS; RAIN;

SPECTRAL CLOUD;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; ENTRAINMENT;

EID: 0037284140     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.02.52     Document Type: Article

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