Aerosol-cloud relationships in continental shallow cumulus

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 15, 2008, Pages

  Lu, Miao Ling ^c   Feingold, Graham ^b   Jonsson, Haflidi H ^e   Chuang, Patrick Y ^a   Gates, Harmony ^d   Flagan, Richard C ^c   Seinfeld, John H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^e NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CLOUDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISPERSIONS; DROP FORMATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER CONTENT;

A-PLANE; ACCUMULATION MODES; AEROSOL EFFECT; AEROSOL INDIRECT EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; CLIMATE STUDIES; CLOUD ALBEDO; CLOUD DROPLET NUMBER; CLOUD DROPLETS; CLOUD LIQUID WATERS; CLOUD OPTICAL PROPERTIES; DEPTH VARIATION; EFFECTIVE RADIUS; GULF OF MEXICO; INVERSE CORRELATION; MIXING PROCESS; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; RELATIVE DISPERSION; SHALLOW CLOUDS; SPECTRAL DISPERSIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AIRCRAFT; ALBEDO; CLOUD DROPLET; DISPERSION; SAMPLING; VOLCANIC AEROSOL; VOLCANIC CLOUD; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 50849112002     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009354     Document Type: Article

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