The dependence of aerosol effect on clouds and precipitation on cloud-system organization, shear and stability

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Lee, Seoung Soo ^a,b   Donner, Leo J ^a   Phillips, Vaughan T J ^a,c   Ming, Yi ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WIND EFFECTS;

AEROSOL; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CUMULONIMBUS; CUMULUS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WIND SHEAR; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CONDENSATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; STRATIFORM CLOUD;

AIR ENTRAINMENT; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; EVAPORATION; HYDRAULIC MODELS; LIQUIDS; NATURAL CONVECTION; PHYSICS; SYSTEM STABILITY; VAPORS;

AEROSOL EFFECT; AUTOCONVERSION; CLOUD DEVELOPMENT; CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGIES; DEEP CONVECTION; DEEP CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; DOMAIN MODEL; DRY AIR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; MICROPHYSICS; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PRECIPITATION SUPPRESSION; SHALLOW CLOUDS; SHALLOW DEPTHS; STRATIFORM CLOUDS; STRONG INTERACTION; STRONG WINDS; WIND SHEARS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

EID: 56249120292     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009224     Document Type: Article

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