The role of boundary layer aerosol particles for the development of deep convective clouds: A high-resolution 3D model with detailed (bin) microphysics applied to CRYSTAL-FACE

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-78

  Leroy, Delphine ^a   Wobrock, Wolfram ^a   Flossmann, Andrea I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

3D cloud model; Aerosol influence on clouds; Anvil microphysical properties; Bin microphysics

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BINS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; DRAG REDUCTION; DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; ICE; METEOROLOGY; PHYSICS; POWDERS; TOOLS; TROPOSPHERE;

3D CLOUD MODEL; 3D MODELS; AEROSOL PARTICLES; ANVIL MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; CIRRUS REGIONAL STUDY OF TROPICAL ANVILS AND CIRRUS LAYERS; CLOUD DYNAMICS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; DEEP CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; DYNAMICAL EVOLUTIONS; FLORIDA AREA CIRRUS EXPERIMENTS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; ICE CRYSTALS; ICE PHASE; MICROPHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS; MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MICROPHYSICS; SCALE MODELS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS; TROPOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AEROSOL; BOUNDARY LAYER; CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; ICE CRYSTAL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 56949088957     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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