Supersaturation fluctuations in cirrus clouds driven by colored noise

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 435-443

  Karcher B ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clouds; Laboratory physical models; Stochastic models; Subgrid scale processes

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC REGIMES; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; CIRRUS CLOUDS; COLORED NOISE; CORRELATION TIME; FLUCTUATION INTENSITY; FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES; ICE CRYSTAL SIZE; ICE CRYSTALS; NUMBER DENSITY; PARAMETERIZED; PROBABILISTIC MODELS; STATIONARY SOLUTIONS; SUBGRID-SCALE PROCESSES; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

CLOUDS; DAMPING; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTIC MODELS; SUPERSATURATION;

ICE;

CIRRUS; MODELING; PROBABILITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTICITY; SUPERSATURATION; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84857207540     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0151.1     Document Type: Article

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