Explicit simulation of aerosol physics in a cloud-resolving model: Aerosol transport and processing in the free troposphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 682-696

  Ekman, Annica M L ^a   Wang, Chien ^b   Ström, Johan ^a   Krejci, Radovan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPOSPHERE;

AEROSOL TRANSPORT; CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; VERTICAL CONVECTIVE TRANSPORT;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 33645101854     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3645.1     Document Type: Article

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