A modelling study of aerosol impacts on cloud microphysics and radiative properties

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 133, Issue 623, 2007, Pages 283-297

  Cheng, Chao Tzuen ^a   Wang, Wei Chyung ^a   Chen, Jen Ping ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Giant nuclei; Indirect effect; Regional model

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOLAR RADIATION; SUPERSATURATION;

CONDENSATION NUCLEI (CCN); VOLUMETRIC CLOUD DROP RADIUS; WARM CLOUD MICROPHYSICAL PARAMETERIZATION;

CLOUDS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD WATER; MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

EID: 34247265403     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.25     Document Type: Article

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