Effects of aerosols on trade wind cumuli over the Indian Ocean: Model simulations

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 132, Issue 616, 2006, Pages 821-843

  McFarquhar, Greg M ^a   Wang, Hailong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol indirect effects; Shallow cumulus diurnal cycle

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; SOOT;

CLOUD COVER; LIQUID WATER PATH; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEMI-RADIATIVE FORCING; TRADE WIND CUMULI;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD DROPLET; CUMULUS; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SIMULATION; TRADE WIND;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 33745021144     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.04.179     Document Type: Article

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