An idealized modeling study of the effect of continental air mass aerosol parameters on marine stratocumulus

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 157-167

  Yi, Lan ^a   Kogan, Yefim L ^b   Mechem, David B ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol indirect effect; Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN); Drizzle efficiency; Inversion; Large eddy simulation (LES); Stratocumulus topped marine boundary layer (STBL); Wind shear

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; WIND;

AIR MASS AEROSOL; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI (CCN); DRIZZLE EFFICIENCY; STRATOCUMULUS; STRATOCUMULUS TOPPED MARINE BOUNDARY LAYER (STBL); WIND SHEAR;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ADVECTION; AEROSOL; AIR MASS; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; DRIZZLE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; STRATOCUMULUS; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 41549133895     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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