Laboratory studies of scattering properties of polluted cloud droplets: Implications for FSSP measurements

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1894-1898

  Diehl, Karoline ^a   Huber, Günter ^a   Mitra, Subir K ^a   Wendisch, Manfred ^a,b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATES; CLOUD DROPLETS; CONCENTRATION OF; DROPLET SIZE MEASUREMENTS; DROPLET SIZES; FORWARD SCATTERINGS; GRAPHITE PARTICLES; HE-NE LASERS; INTENSITY OF RADIATIONS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LABORATORY STUDIES; MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS; SCATTERING PROPERTIES; TERMINAL VELOCITIES; VERTICAL WIND TUNNELS;

AERODYNAMICS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; GRAPHITE; HELIUM; NEON; POLLUTION DETECTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCATTERING; TUNNELS; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TUNNELS;

DROP FORMATION;

CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; SCATTERING; SIMULATION; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 65549084006     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHA1015.1     Document Type: Article

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