Aircraft measurements of the impacts of pollution aerosols on clouds and precipitation over the Sierra Nevada

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 15, 2008, Pages

  Rosenfeld, Daniel ^c   Woodley, William L ^d   Axisa, Duncan ^b   Freud, Eyal ^c   Hudson, James G ^a   Givati, Amir ^c  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Seeding Operation and Atmospheric Research   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d Woodley Weather Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COASTAL ZONES; FORESTRY; HEATING; LANDFORMS;

AEROSOL EFFECT; AIRCRAFT MEASUREMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; CALIFORNIA; COASTAL REGIONS; FIELD CAMPAIGN; FORMING PROCESS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; IN-SITU; LOCAL SOURCE; OROGRAPHIC CLOUD; OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION SUPPRESSION; SIERRA NEVADA; SPARSELY POPULATED AREAS;

CLOUDS;

AEROSOL; AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BOUNDARY LAYER; COASTAL ZONE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71949103630     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009544     Document Type: Article

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