Investigation into clouds and precipitation over an urban area using micro rain radars, satellite remote sensing and fluorescence spectrophotometry

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 96, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 241-255

  Muller, Catherine L ^a   Kidd, Chris ^a   Fairchild, Ian J ^a   Baker, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Cloud microphysics; Drop size distributions; Organic carbon; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS TOOLS; BIRMINGHAM; CLIMATE REGIME; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD TYPES; CONVECTIVE EVENTS; DATA COLLECTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; GROUND-BASED REMOTE SENSING; HUMIC-LIKE SUBSTANCES; ICE NUCLEI; ICE PHASE; INDIRECT EFFECTS; LOCAL IMPACTS; MICROPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; MICROPHYSICAL STRUCTURE; MICROPHYSICS; PRECIPITATION PROCESS; RAIN RADAR; RAINWATER SAMPLES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SEASONALITY; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREAS; WARM TEMPERATURES; WEALTH OF INFORMATION;

AMINO ACIDS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; DISSOLUTION; DROP FORMATION; FLUORESCENCE; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHATASES; PHYSICS; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THUNDERSTORMS;

RAIN;

AEROSOL; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DATA SET; DROPLET; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC CARBON; RADAR IMAGERY; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

BIRMINGHAM [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77952323628     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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