Aerosol effects on microstructure and intensity of tropical cyclones

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 987-1001

  Rosenfeld, Daniel ^a   Woodley, William L ^b   Khain, Alexander ^a   Cotton, William R ^c   Carrió, Gustavo ^c   Ginis, Isaac ^d   Golden, Joseph H ^e  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Woodley Weather Consultants   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^e Golden Research and Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL EFFECT; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; DYNAMICAL INTERACTIONS; HONG-KONG; HURRICANE KATRINA; INTERNAL GRAVITY WAVES; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION MODELS; MICROPHYSICS; ROLL VORTEX; TROPICAL CYCLONE; US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROSTRUCTURE;

HURRICANES;

EID: 84861136193     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00147.1     Document Type: Article

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