Shortwave radiative impacts from aerosol effects on marine shallow cumuli

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1979-1990

  Zuidema, Paquita ^a   Xue, Huiwen ^b   Feingold, Graham ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ASTROPHYSICS; BIOCONVERSION; CLOUDS; DROP FORMATION; DROPS; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDS; GEOPHYSICS; HEARING AIDS; LOADING; MIXING; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; RADIATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

(2+1) DIMENSIONS; (I ,J) CONDITIONS; AEROS OL EFFECT; AEROSOL CONCENTRATIONS; AEROSOL INDIRECT EFFECT; AEROSOL LOADING; AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (AMS); CALCULATED VALUES; CLOUD ALBEDO; CLOUD COVERAGE; CLOUD FIELDS; CLOUD FORCING; CLOUD FRACTION; CLOUD LIQUID WATER (CLW); DROP SIZES; DROPLET SIZES; MONTE CARLO (MC); PRECIPITATION (METALLOGRAPHY); RADIATIVE IMPACTS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL (RTM); THREE-DIMENSIONAL RADIATIVE TRANSFER; TWO-STREAM;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CLOUD WATER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CUMULUS; EVAPORATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

EID: 45849105990     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2447.1     Document Type: Article

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