Modeling aerosol effects on shallow cumulus convection under various meteorological conditions observed over the Indian Ocean and implications for development of mass-flux parameterizations for climate models

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Wang, Hailong ^a,b,c   McFarquhar, Greg M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MASS TRANSFER; PARAMETERIZATION;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CUMULUS; INVERSION LAYER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIOSONDE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 58149213963     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD009914     Document Type: Article

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