A spatial shift of precipitation from the sea to the land caused by introducing submicron soluble aerosols: Numerical modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  Noppel, H ^a   Pokrovsky, A ^b   Lynn, B ^b   Khain, A P ^b   Beheng, K D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUD SEEDING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SURFACE PROPERTIES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BACKGROUND FLOW; BACKGROUND WINDS; BIN MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD FORMATION; CLOUD MODELS; CLOUD PHYSICS; COASTAL LINE; COLD SEASON; COSMO MODEL; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; ICE PARTICLES; LAND BREEZES; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SETTLING VELOCITY; SUBMICRON; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS; WEATHER SERVICES; WIND SPEED;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AEROSOL; CLOUD SEEDING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LAND BREEZE; LAND SURFACE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 77957584074     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012645     Document Type: Article

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