Aerosol impact on the dynamics and microphysics of deep convective clouds

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 131, Issue 611, 2005, Pages 2639-2663

  Khain, A ^a   Rosenfeld, D ^a   Pokrovsky, A ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aerosol effects; Cloud dynamics; Microphysics of cumulus clouds; Precipitation efficiency

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLOUDS; DIFFUSION; DROP FORMATION; HEAT CONVECTION; RAIN; STORMS;

AEROSOL EFFECTS; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI (CCN); CLOUD DYNAMICS; CUMULUS CLOUDS; DEEP CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; MICROPHYSICS; PRECIPITATION EFFICIENCY;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE CLOUD;

EID: 25844471433     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.04.62     Document Type: Article

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