Sensitivity of the first indirect aerosol effect to an increase of cloud droplet spectral dispersion with droplet number concentration

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 3476-3481

  Rotstayn, Leon D ^a   Liu, Yangang ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CLOUD DROPLET SPECTRUM; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODELS (GCMS);

CLOUDS;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD DROPLET;

EID: 0346723147     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<3476:SOTFIA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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