A contribution by ice nuclei to global warming

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 135, Issue 643, 2009, Pages 1614-1629

  Zeng, Xiping ^a,b   Tao, Wei Kuo ^b   Zhang, Minghua ^c   Hou, Arthur Y ^b   Xie, Shaocheng ^d   Lang, Stephen ^b,e   Li, Xiaowen ^a,b   O'C Starrb, David ^b   Li, Xiaofan ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud resolving model; TRMM

Indexed keywords

CLOUD SIMULATION; CLOUD-RESOLVING MODEL; CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; FIELD CAMPAIGN; GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION; HIGH LATITUDES; HIGHER LATITUDES; ICE NUCLEI; LAND SURFACE; PRE-INDUSTRIAL; RADIATIVE BALANCE; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; RADIATIVE FLUXES; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATIFORM CLOUDS; STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION; SUPERCOOLED DROPLETS; SURFACE WARMING; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES; TRMM; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GLOBAL WARMING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; RAIN; RAIN GAGES;

SIMULATORS;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE CRYSTAL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATELLITE DATA; STRATIFORM CLOUD;

EID: 69949170600     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.449     Document Type: Article

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