Likely seeding of cirrus clouds by stratospheric Kasatochi volcanic aerosol particles near a mid-latitude tropopause fold

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 441-448

  Campbell, James R ^a   Welton, Ellsworth J ^b   Krotkov, Nickolay A ^b   Yang, Kai ^b,c   Stewart, Sebastian A ^b   Fromm, Michael D ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol indirect effect; Cirrus clouds; Cloud seeding; Lidar; UTLS processes; Volcanic aerosol

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL INDIRECT EFFECT; AEROSOL PARTICLES; CIRRUS CLOUDS; CLOUD FORMATION; DROPLET ACTIVATION; GROUND BASED; ICE CRYSTALS; LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; LIDAR OBSERVATION; MASS CONCENTRATION; SPATIAL EXTENT; STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; TROPOPAUSE FOLDING; TURBULENT MIXING; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; UTLS PROCESSES; VOLCANIC AEROSOLS; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; WATER VAPOR CHANNELS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; DEPTH PROFILING; DROPS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; OPTICAL RADAR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUBSIDENCE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TROPOSPHERE; VOLCANOES; WATER VAPOR;

CLOUD SEEDING;

SULFATE;

CIRRUS; CLOUD SEEDING; DATA SET; ENTRAINMENT; FREEZING; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; ICE CRYSTAL; LIDAR; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; RADIOSONDE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATOSPHERE; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TROPOPAUSE; TURBULENT MIXING; VOLCANIC AEROSOL; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WATER VAPOR; WESTERLY;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CLOUD; LATITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROMETER; SPECTROMETRY; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; UNITED STATES; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANO; WATER VAPOR;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; ANDREANOF ISLANDS; KASATOCHI ISLAND; MID-ATLANTIC STATES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82955247824     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.09.027     Document Type: Article

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