Sensitivity study of the spectral dispersion of the cloud droplet size distribution on the indirect aerosol effect

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Peng, Yiran ^a   Lohmann, Ulrike ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CLOUD DROPLET SIZE;

GEOPHYSICS;

AEROSOL FORMATION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; SIZE;

EID: 0041782556     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003gl017192     Document Type: Article

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