A comparison of heterogeneous ice nucleation parameterizations using a parcel model framework

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Eidhammer, Trude ^a,b   Demott, Paul J ^a   Kreidenweis, Sonia M ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FEEDBACK; ICE; NUCLEATION; PARAMETERIZATION;

AEROSOL DISTRIBUTION; AEROSOL PARTICLES; AEROSOL TYPES; ATMOSPHERIC ICE; ICE CRYSTALS; ICE FORMATIONS; ICE NUCLEATION; ICE NUCLEI; INSOLUBLE PARTICLES; INTERCOMPARISONS; LAGRANGIAN; LIQUID PHASE; MODEL FRAMEWORK; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NON-CONSTRAINED; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PARAMETERIZATIONS; SCALE MODELS; TOTAL NUMBER CONCENTRATIONS;

ICE CONTROL;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CIRRUS; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ICE CRYSTAL; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUCLEATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SUPERCOOLING;

EID: 66449126542     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011095     Document Type: Article

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