Investigation of microphysical parameterizations of snow and ice in arctic clouds during M-PACE through model observation comparisons

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3110-3128

  Solomon, Amy ^a,b   Morrison, Hugh ^c   Persson, Ola ^a,b   Shupe, Matthew D ^a,b   Bao, Jian Wen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC CLOUDS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS; CLOUD LIQUID WATERS; CONCENTRATION OF; DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; FRONTAL CLOUDS; HORIZONTAL GRID SPACING; ICE CRYSTALS; ICE PARTICLES; INTENSIVE MEASUREMENTS; INTERCEPT PARAMETERS; LIQUID WATER PATHS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTY; MIDLATITUDES; MIXED-PHASE CLOUD; MIXING RATIOS; NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PARAMETERIZATIONS; SENSITIVITY TESTS; SIMULATION RESULT; SNOW AND ICE; SNOW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; WEATHER RESEARCH FORECASTS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; ICE; RADIOMETRY; SIMULATORS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SNOW; WEATHER FORECASTING;

LIQUIDS;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD WATER; ICE CRYSTAL; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SNOW; STRATOCUMULUS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH SLOPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350787338     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009MWR2688.1     Document Type: Article

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