The response of precipitation to aerosol through riming and melting in deep convective clouds

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3495-3510

  Cui, Z ^a   Davies, S ^a   Carslaw, K S ^a   Blyth, A M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Birmingham   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; HUMID TROPICS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIAL VARIATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79954574760     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-3495-2011     Document Type: Article

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