Evaluation of an entraining droplet activation parameterization using in situ cloud data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 15, 2011, Pages

  Morales, R ^a   Nenes, A ^a,b   Jonsson, H ^c   Flagan, R C ^d,e   Seinfeld, J H ^d,e  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^d California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; DROPS; WATER CONTENT;

AVERAGE VALUES; CALIFORNIA; CLOUD DATA; CLOUD DROPLET NUMBER; CRYSTAL FACE; CUMULUS CLOUD; DROPLET ACTIVATION; DROPLET NUMBER; ENTRAINMENT EFFECTS; FLORIDA; IN-SITU; LIQUID WATER CONTENT; STATISTICAL CORRELATION; STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS;

PARAMETERIZATION;

ADIABATIC PROCESS; CLOUD; CORRELATION; DATA SET; DROPLET; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; WATER CONTENT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860390128     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015324     Document Type: Review

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