Analytical solutions to the stochastic kinetic equation for liquid and ice particle size spectra. Part I: small-size fraction

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2025-2043

  Khvorostyanov, Vitaly I ^a   Curry, Judith A ^b  

^a CENTRAL AEROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DROPS; FLUID MECHANICS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; ICE; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL RADAR; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING; VIBRATION ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

AGGREGATION PROCESSING; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE MODELLING; CLOUD DROP SIZE; CLOUD DROPS; CLOUD ICE; CLOUD LIQUID WATER; CLOUD TEMPERATURES; GAMMA DISTRIBUTIONS; GENERALIZED GAMMA; ICE WATER CONTENT; KINETIC EQUATIONS; LARGE SIZES; PARTICLE RADIUS; PARTICLE SIZE SPECTRA; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; SIZE FRACTIONS; VERTICAL VELOCITIES;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD WATER; KINETICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTICITY; VISIBLE SPECTRUM; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 52049108516     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2484.1     Document Type: Article

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