Microphysical and radiative effects of ice clouds on tropical equilibrium states: A two-dimensional cloud-resolving modeling study

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2794-2802

  Ping, Fan ^a   Luo, Zhexian ^b   Li, Xiaofan ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; WIND;

CLOUD-RESOLVING SIMULATION; ICE CLOUDS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM; ZONAL WIND;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; MODELING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 34547689210     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3419.1     Document Type: Article

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