Modeling of the wegener-bergeron-findeisen process - Implications for aerosol indirect effects

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Storelvmo, T ^a   Kristjansson J E ^b   Lohmann, U ^a   Iversen, T ^c   Kirkevag A ^c   Seland, O ^c  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Norwegian Meteorological Office   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Microphysics; Mixed phase clouds

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; PARAMETERIZATION;

ADDED UNCERTAINTY; AEROSOL INDIRECT EFFECT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MICROPHYSICS; MIXED-PHASE CLOUD; OBSERVED QUANTITY; PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES; SUB-GRID VARIABILITY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 62749158649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/3/4/045001     Document Type: Article

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