Processes that generate and deplete liquid water and snow in thin midlevel mixed-phase clouds

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Smith, Adam J ^e   Larson, Vincent E ^c   Niu, Jianguo ^d   Kankiewicz, J Adam ^b   Carey, Lawrence D ^a  

^a NATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^b Product Research and Development at NextEra Analytics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; BUDGET CONTROL; CLOUDS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SEDIMENTATION; SNOW; SUBLIMATION;

DYNAMICAL PROCESS; LIQUID WATER; MICROPHYSICAL PROCESS; MIXED-PHASE CLOUD; MIXING RATIOS; NUMERICAL MODELS; SATURATION RATIO; TURBULENT TRANSPORTS; WATER MIXING RATIO;

LIQUIDS;

AIRCRAFT; COOLING; EDDY COVARIANCE; HEATING; MIXING RATIO; NUMERICAL MODEL; SNOW; STRATOCUMULUS;

EID: 68849110288     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011531     Document Type: Article

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