Analytical solutions to the stochastic kinetic equation for liquid and ice particle size spectra. Part II: Large-size fraction in precipitating clouds

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2044-2063

  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

ACCRETION RATES; ALGEBRAIC FUNCTIONS; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICAL PARAMETERIZATIONS; CLOUD PROPERTIES; GAMMA DISTRIBUTIONS; GENERAL SOLUTIONS; ICE WATER CONTENT; KINETIC EQUATIONS; LARGE SIZES; LARGE-SIZE PARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE SPECTRA; PARTICLE SPECTRUM; POWER LAWS; PRECIPITATING CLOUDS; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES; SHAPE PARAMETERS; TERMINAL VELOCITIES; VERTICAL VELOCITIES;

BOOLEAN ALGEBRA; ICE; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SENSORS; SOLUTIONS; SPACE OPTICS; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING; TURBULENCE; VIBRATION ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

FUNCTIONS;

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

EID: 52049124825     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2485.1     Document Type: Article

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