A particle-surface-area-based parameterization of immersion freezing on desert dust particles

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3077-3092

  Niemand, Monika ^a   Möhler, Ottmar ^a   Vogel, Bernhard ^a   Vogel, Heike ^a   Hoose, Corinna ^a   Connolly, Paul ^b   Klein, Holger ^c   Bingemer, Heinz ^c   Demott, Paul ^d   Skrotzki, Julian ^a   Leisner, Thomas ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL MEASUREMENT; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; CLOUD PROCESS; DESERT DUST; DISTRIBUTION MAPS; DUST EVENT; DUST SURFACE; GERMANY; ICE NUCLEATION; ICE NUCLEI; IMMERSION FREEZING; MEASURED PARAMETERS; MODEL RESULTS; MODEL SIMULATION; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARAMETERIZATIONS; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; SAHARAN DUST; SURFACE AREA; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TRACE-GASES; WATER SATURATIONS; WEATHER MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; DUST; FREEZING; ICE;

PARAMETERIZATION;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DUST; FREEZING; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SATURATION; SURFACE AREA; TRACE GAS;

SAHARA;

EID: 84861948064     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0249.1     Document Type: Article

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