Evidence of mineral dust altering cloud microphysics and precipitation

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3223-3231

  Min, Q L ^a   Li, R ^a   Lin, B ^b   Joseph, E ^c   Wang, S ^a   Hu, Y ^b   Morris, V ^c   Chang, F ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DUST; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 71649105985     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-3223-2009     Document Type: Article

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