Effect of precipitation on water cloud properties over China

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Kawamoto, Kazuaki ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS;

CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUSES; CLOUD PROPERTIES; CONVECTIVE ZONES; EFFECTIVE RADIUSES; FRONTAL ZONES; NUMBER DENSITIES; WATER CLOUDS;

RAIN;

AEROSOL; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD WATER; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATURATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 58249089810     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035052     Document Type: Article

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