Aerosol first indirect effects on non-precipitating low-level liquid cloud properties as simulated by CAM5 at ARM sites

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Zhao, Chuanfeng ^a   Klein, Stephen A ^a   Xie, Shaocheng ^a   Liu, Xiaohong ^b   Boyle, James S ^a   Zhang, Yuying ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ACCUMULATION MODES; AEROSOL-CLOUD INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; CLOUD DROPLETS; CLOUD TYPES; COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; EFFECTIVE RADIUS; INDIRECT EFFECTS; LIQUID CLOUD; LIQUID PHASE; LIQUID WATER CONTENT; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; RUNNING-IN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGLE LAYER; WEATHER FORECASTS;

LIQUIDS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUD DROPLET; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER CONTENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84861322251     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051213     Document Type: Article

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