Modeling the impact of aerosols on tropical overshooting thunderstorms and stratospheric water vapor

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 19, 2011, Pages

  Chen, Baojun ^a   Yin, Yan ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATE MODELS; CLOUDS; ICE; NATURAL CONVECTION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THUNDERSTORMS; TROPICS; WATER CONTENT;

BULK MICROPHYSICS; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; CLOUD DROPLET NUMBER; CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; DEEP CONVECTION; ICE CRYSTALS; ICE PARTICLES; IN-SITU; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; NORTHERN AUSTRALIA; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; SENSITIVITY TESTS; TROPICAL CONVECTION; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE LAYERS; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR CONTENTS;

WATER VAPOR;

AEROSOL; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONVECTIVE CLOUD; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; THUNDERSTORM; TROPICAL REGION; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 80054014374     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD015591     Document Type: Article

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