Evaluating WRF-chem aerosol indirect effects in southeast pacific marine stratocumulus during VOCALS-REx

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3045-3064

  Saide, P E ^a   Spak, S N ^a   Carmichael, G R ^a   Mena Carrasco, M A ^b   Yang, Q ^c   Howell, S ^d   Leon, D C ^e   Snider, J R ^e   Bandy, A R ^f   Collett, J L ^g   Benedict, K B ^g   De Szoeke, S P ^h   Hawkins, L N ⁱ   Allen, G ^j   Crawford, I ^j   Crosier, J ^j   Springston, S R ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^f DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^h OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^k BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE FORCING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRATOCUMULUS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WET DEPOSITION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 84859153497     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-3045-2012     Document Type: Article

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