Factors determining the impact of aerosols on surface precipitation from clouds: An attempt at classification

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1721-1748

  Khain, Alexander P ^a   BenMoshe, N ^a   Pokrovsky, A ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATOMIZERS; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CLOUDS; DEFORESTATION; FORESTRY; FORMING; MECHANISMS; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHYSICS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AEROS OL EFFECT; AEROSOL CONCENTRATIONS; AIR HUMIDITY; AMAZONIA; AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (AMS); ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CLEAN AIR; CLOUD MODELING; CLOUD TYPES; CONTINENTAL (CO); DIFFERENT TYPES; DIFFUSIONAL GROWTH; DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; DRY AIR; FOREST FIRES; FREEZING LEVELS; IN-SITU; MICROPHYSICS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PRECIPITATION (METALLOGRAPHY); PRECIPITATION EFFICIENCY; SURFACE PRECIPITATION;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DROPLET; FORMATION MECHANISM; HUMIDITY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; FOREST FIRES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE CONTENT; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PRECIPITATION;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 45849113311     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2515.1     Document Type: Article

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