Do we observe aerosol impacts on dsds in strongly forced tropical thunderstorms?

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1902-1910

  May, P T ^a   Bringi, V N ^b   Thurai, M ^b  

^a Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols particulates; Drop size distribution; Radars Radar observations; Thunderstorms; Tropics

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; AUSTRALIA; CLOUD PROPERTIES; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; INTERCEPT PARAMETERS; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; POLARIMETRIC RADAR MEASUREMENTS; RAIN DROP SIZE; THERMODYNAMIC DIFFERENCES;

DROPS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THUNDERSTORMS; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PARTICULATE MATTER; RADAR; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THERMODYNAMICS; THUNDERSTORM; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALIA; DARWIN; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 80053199104     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JAS3617.1     Document Type: Article

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