The effects of aerosols on precipitation and dimensions of subtropical clouds: A sensitivity study using a numerical cloud model

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-80

  Teller, Ami ^a   Levin, Z ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SUBTROPICAL REGION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 33144462939     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-6-67-2006     Document Type: Article

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