Representing the ice fall speed in climate models: Results from Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling (TC4) and the Indirect and Semi-Direct Aerosol Campaign (ISDAC)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 17, 2011, Pages

  Mitchell, D L ^a   Mishra, S ^a   Lawson, R P ^b  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SPEC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; ICE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; TROPICS;

AIRCRAFT MEASUREMENT; AREA CONCENTRATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CIRRUS CLOUDS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADAR; CLOUD TEMPERATURE; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; EFFECTIVE DIAMETER; FALL VELOCITIES; FIELD CAMPAIGN; ICE PARTICLES; ICE WATER CONTENT; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PROJECTED AREA; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SATELLITE RETRIEVAL; STRONG CORRELATION; TROPICAL CIRRUS; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CIRRUS; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 80053067481     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015433     Document Type: Article

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