The impact of aerosols on non-precipitating marine stratocumulus. I: Model description and prediction of the indirect effect

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 134, Issue 634 A, 2008, Pages 1143-1154

  Hill, Adrian A ^a,c   Dobbie, S ^a   Yin, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bin microphysics; Large eddy simulation; Radiative forcing

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COOLING; DROPS; EVAPORATION; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; FEEDBACK; FLUID MECHANICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MOISTURE; BINS; CONTROL THEORY;

BIN-MICROPHYSICS; MARINE STRATOCUMULUS; RADIATIVE FORCING; BULK MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUSES; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DROP NUMBERS; DYNAMIC FEEDBACKS; EFFECTIVE RADIUSES; EVAPORATIVE COOLING; FULLY INTEGRATED; INDIRECT EFFECTS; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATIONS; LIQUID WATER PATHS; MODEL DESCRIPTIONS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES;

PHYSICS;

AEROSOL; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; STRATOCUMULUS; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD DROPLET; ENTRAINMENT; RADIATIVE FORCING;

EID: 50949105604     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.278     Document Type: Article

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