On the importance of the diffusional uptake of water vapour for the development and radiative properties of high altitude clouds: A large eddy model sensitivity study

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 133, Issue 628, 2007, Pages 1731-1741

  Ghosh, S ^a   Dobbie, S ^a   Marsham, J ^a   Jonas, P R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UKUniversity of Manchester   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cirrus; Clouds; Diffusivity; Lennard Jones model; Microphysics

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; WATER VAPOR;

LENNARD-JONES MODEL; MICROPHYSICS;

CLOUDS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DIFFUSIVITY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 36749011971     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.154     Document Type: Article

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