Influence of cloud condensation and giant cloud condensation nuclei on the development of precipitating trade wind cumuli in a large eddy simulation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Cheng, William Y Y ^a   Carrió, Gustavo G ^a   Cotton, William R ^a   Saleeby, Stephen M ^a  

^a Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMMERCE; CONDENSATION; DROP FORMATION; EXPERIMENTS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; WIND EFFECTS;

CLOUD CONDENSATION; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; CLOUD CONDENSATIONAL NUCLEUS; CLOUD COVERAGE; CLOUD DROPLETS; CLOUD SYSTEMS; LIQUID WATER PATHS; LOW-TO-HIGH; OCEAN EXPERIMENT; OPTICAL DEPTH; PRECIPITATION PROCESS; PRECIPITATION RATES; REGIONAL ATMOSPHERIC MODELING SYSTEMS; TRADE-WIND CUMULUS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD DROPLET; DRIZZLE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; TRADE WIND;

EID: 66949167767     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011011     Document Type: Article

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