Interactions of mineral dust particles and clouds: Effects on precipitation and cloud optical properties

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 23, 2002, Pages

  Yin, Yan ^a   Wurzler, Sabine ^b   Levin, Zev ^c   Reisin, Tamir G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d SOREQ NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cloud modeling; Cloud optical properties; Cloud processing; Dust

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242717116     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001544     Document Type: Article

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