A springtime cloud over the Beaufort Sea polynya: Three-dimensional simulation with explicit spectral microphysics and comparison with observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Khvorostyanov, Vitaly I ^a   Curry, Judith A ^b   Gultepe, Ismail ^c   Strawbridge, Kevin ^c  

^a CENTRAL AEROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aircraft and satellite study of polar polynya; Cloud microphysics; Crystal and drop nucleation; Numerical Modeling; Sensible and latent heat fluxes; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; HEAT FLUX; NUCLEATION; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA;

EID: 0347269181     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd001489     Document Type: Article

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