High supersaturation and modes of ice nucleation in thin tropopause cirrus: Simulation of the 13 July 2002 Cirrus Regional Study of Tropical Anvils and Cirrus Layers case

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Khvorostyanov, Vitaly I ^a   Morrison, Hugh ^b   Curry, Judith A ^c   Baumgardner, Darrel ^d   Lawson, Paul ^e  

^a CENTRAL AEROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e SPEC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEATION;

CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ICE; NUCLEATION; SUPERSATURATION; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 33644963962     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005235     Document Type: Article

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