Saharan dust particles nucleate droplets in eastern Atlantic clouds

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Twohy, Cynthia H ^a   Kreidenweis, Sonia M ^b   Eidhammer, Trade ^b   Browell, Edward V ^c   Heymsfield, Andrew J ^d   Bansemer, Aaron R ^d   Anderson, Bruce E ^c   Chen, Gao ^c   Ismail, Syed ^c   DeMott, Paul J ^b   Van Den Heever, Susan C ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; DROP FORMATION; DUST; ICE;

ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLES; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD DROPLETS; CLOUD RADIATIVE PROPERTIES; DEEP CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; DROPLET ACTIVATIONS; DROPLET SIZES; DUST PARTICLES; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; HYGROSCOPIC NATURES; ICE FORMATIONS; ICE NUCLEUS; INDIRECT EFFECTS; INSOLUBLE MATERIALS; LIQUID CLOUDS; NORTH ATLANTIC; PRECIPITATION CHANGES; SAHARAN DUSTS; SUB MICRONS;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

CLOUD; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; DROPLET; DUST; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; ICE; NUCLEATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); SAHARA;

EID: 62749122738     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035846     Document Type: Article

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