The chemistry of a dry cloud: The effects of radiation and turbulence

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1573-1584

  De Arellano, Jordi Vilà Guerau ^a   Cuijpers, Joannes W M ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RATE CONSTANTS; TROPOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VELOCITY;

DRY CLOUD; RADIATIVE COOLING; SECOND ORDER CHEMICAL REACTION;

CLOUDS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLOUD; TURBULENT MIXING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0343134157     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<1573:tcoadc>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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