Timescale analysis of aerosol sensitivity during homogeneous freezing and implications for upper tropospheric water vapor budgets

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Kay, Jennifer E ^a   Wood, Robert ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BUDGET CONTROL; CHEMICAL SENSORS; FREEZING; ICE; SUPERSATURATION; TROPOSPHERE; VAPORS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

AEROSOL SIZES; AND MODELING; ICE CRYSTALS; IN-SITU; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; LOW TEMPERATURES; SENSITIVITY INCREASES; TIMESCALE ANALYSES; TROPICAL TROPOSPHERES; UPPER TROPOSPHERIC WATER VAPORS; VERTICAL VELOCITIES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; FREEZING; ICE CRYSTAL; LOW TEMPERATURE; PARTICLE SIZE; SUPERSATURATION; TIMESCALE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 58049125007     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032628     Document Type: Article

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