Indirect impact of atmospheric aerosols in idealized simulations of convective-radiative quasi equilibrium. Part II: Double-moment microphysics

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1897-1912

  Grabowski, Wojciech W ^a   Morrison, Hugh ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Cloud resolving models; Convection; Radiation budgets

Indexed keywords

BOWEN RATIO; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; CLOUD DROPLETS; CLOUD FRACTION; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RESOLVING MODELS; CLOUD-RESOLVING; CURRENT SIMULATION; MEAN AIR TEMPERATURES; MICROPHYSICS; MODELING STUDIES; PRECIPITATION PROCESS; QUASI EQUILIBRIUM; QUASI-EQUILIBRIUM STATE; RADIATION BUDGETS; SENSITIVITY SIMULATION; SOLAR INPUT; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; SYSTEM DYNAMICS APPROACH; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES; TOTAL FLUX; WATER AND ENERGIES; WATER VAPOR CONTENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; HEAT FLUX; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHYSICS; RAIN; TROPOSPHERE; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOWEN RATIO; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ENTRAINMENT; LATENT HEAT FLUX; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; RADIATION BUDGET; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 79957479465     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3647.1     Document Type: Article

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