Evaluation of a new cloud droplet activation parameterization with in situ data from CRYSTAL-FACE and CSTRIPE

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Meskhidze, Nicholas ^a   Nenes, Athanasios ^a,b   Conant, William C ^c   Seinfeld, John H ^c,d  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; NUCLEATION; STRATIFORM CLOUD;

EID: 26444492556     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005703     Document Type: Article

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