Progress on predicting the breadth of droplet size distributions observed in small cumuli

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2921-2929

  Bewley, Jennifer L ^a   Lasher Trapp, Sonia ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft observations; Cloud droplets; Cloud resolving models; Cumulus clouds; Drop size distribution; Entrainment

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; CLOUD DROPLETS; CLOUD RESOLVING MODELS; CUMULUS CLOUD; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AIR ENTRAINMENT; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

DROPS;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CONDENSATION; CUMULUS; DROPLET; ENTRAINMENT; EVAPORATION; MIXING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WIND;

EID: 84855853763     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0153.1     Document Type: Article

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