Stratus cloud supersaturations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 21, 2010, Pages

  Hudson, James G ^a   Noble, Stephen ^a   Jha, Vandana ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUPERSATURATION;

AEROSOL EFFECT; CALIFORNIA; CLOUD DROPLETS; CLOUD SUPERSATURATION;

CLOUDS;

AEROSOL; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DROPLET; ESTIMATION METHOD; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STRATUS; SUPERSATURATION;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649261476     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045197     Document Type: Article

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