Modeling the interactions between aerosols and liquid water clouds with a self-consistent cloud scheme in a general circulation model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1189-1209

  Ming, Yi ^a   Ramaswamy, V ^a   Donner, Leo J ^a   Phillips, Vaughan T J ^a   Klein, Stephen A ^b   Ginoux, Paul A ^a   Horowitz, Larry W ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; DROPS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; SULFATE MINERALS; TROPOSPHERE;

AEROSOL-CLOUD INTERACTIONS; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI (CCN); CLOUD FORCING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; LIQUID WATER PATH (LWP);

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CLOUDS; DROPS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; SULFATE MINERALS; TROPOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; BIOMASS BURNING; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; FOSSIL FUEL; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 34247554922     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3874.1     Document Type: Article

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