Modelling atmospheric structure, cloudand their response to CCN in the central Arctic: ASCOS case studies

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3419-3435

  Birch, C E ^a   Brooks, I M ^a   Tjernstrom M ^b   Shupe, M D ^c,d   Mauritsen, T ^e   Sedlar J ^f   Lock, A P ^g   Earnshaw, P ^g   Persson, P O G ^c,d   Milton, S F ^g   Leek, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^f SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; ALBEDO; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FRONTAL FEATURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84864602630     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-3419-2012     Document Type: Article

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