The impact of atmospheric aerosols on precipitation from deep organized convection: A prescribed-flow model study using double-moment bulk microphysics

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 135, Issue 644, 2009, Pages 1906-1913

  Slawinska, Joanna ^a   Grabowski, Wojciech W ^b   Morrison, Hugh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol indirect effect; Deep convection; Double moment scheme; Squall line

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL INDIRECT EFFECT; BULK MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; CLOUD DYNAMICS; COLLISION EFFICIENCY; DEEP CONVECTION; DOUBLE-MOMENT SCHEME; DYNAMICAL MODEL; FLOW MODEL; MICROPHYSICAL PROCESS; MICROPHYSICS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SQUALL LINE; SQUALL LINES; STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION; SURFACE PRECIPITATION; THERMODYNAMICAL PARAMETERS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; FLOW PATTERNS; NATURAL CONVECTION; PHYSICS; POLLUTION; RAIN; SIMULATORS; STORMS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SQUALL LINE; STRATIFORM CLOUD;

EID: 70350624537     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.450     Document Type: Article

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