Physical processes controlling ice concentrations in cold cirrus near the tropical tropopause

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Jensen, E J ^a   Pfister, L ^a   Bui, T P ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; FREEZING; NUCLEATION; SEDIMENTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BIN MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; COLD CIRRUS; COOLING AIR; HOMOGENEOUS NUCLEATION; ICE CLOUDS; ICE CONCENTRATION; ICE CRYSTALS; ICE NUCLEATION; INTERNAL CIRCULATIONS; MICROPHYSICAL MODELS; NEW-ICE; PHYSICAL PROCESS; QUASI-STEADY STATE; STATISTICAL MODELS; TEMPERATURE PERTURBATIONS; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE LAYERS; WAVE AMPLITUDES;

ICE;

AMPLITUDE; CIRRUS; COOLING; FREEZING; HOMOGENEITY; ICE; ICE CRYSTAL; NUCLEATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; SEDIMENTATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 84861921108     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD017319     Document Type: Article

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