Impact of aerosol size representation on modeling aerosol-cloud interactions

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 21, 2002, Pages AAC-4-1-AAC-4-17

  Zhang, Y ^a   Easter, R C ^b   Ghan, S J ^b   Abdul Razzak, H ^c  

^a ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

0305 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Aerosols and particles (0345, 4801); 0320 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Cloud physics and chemistry; 3359 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Radiative processes; Aerosol cloud interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448987568     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001549     Document Type: Article

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