Aerosol-cloud drop concentration closure in warm cumulus

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 13, 2004, Pages

  Conant, W C ^a   VanReken, T M ^b   Rissman, T A ^b   Varutbangkul, V ^b   Jonsson, H H ^c   Nenes, A ^d   Jimenez, J L ^e   Delia, A E ^e   Bahreini, R ^a   Roberts, G C ^f   Flagan, R C ^a,b   Seinfeld, J H ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; CCN; Cloud microphysics

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CUMULUS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 4844227571     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JD004324     Document Type: Article

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