On the sensitivity of droplet size relative dispersion to warm cumulus cloud evolution

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2012, Pages

  Tas, E ^a   Koren, I ^a   Altaratz, O ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLOUDS; DISPERSIONS; DROPS;

AEROSOL LOADING; BIN MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD DROPLETS; CLOUD MODELS; CLOUD PROCESS; CUMULUS CLOUD; DROPLET SIZES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTIONARY STAGE; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL SCALE; IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT; INITIAL CONDITIONS; KEY FACTORS; MICROPHYSICAL PROCESS; RELATIVE DISPERSION; SCHEME MODELS;

LOADING;

AEROSOL; CUMULUS; DISPERSION; DROPLET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84864057716     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052157     Document Type: Article

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