Precipitation driving of droplet concentration variability in marine low clouds

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 19, 2012, Pages

  Wood, Robert ^a   Leon, David ^b   Lebsock, Matthew ^c   Snider, Jefferson ^b   Clarke, Antony D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; COALESCENCE; DROPS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; TROPOSPHERE;

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; AEROSOL PARTICLES; AEROSOL PRODUCTION; AEROSOL SOURCE; CLOUD DROPLETS; DROPLET CONCENTRATION; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FREE TROPOSPHERE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIABILITY; MARINE STRATOCUMULUS; NEW SATELLITES; POLLUTION SOURCES; PRECIPITATION RATES; RADIATIVE PROPERTIES; SOURCE FUNCTIONS; WIND SPEED;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AEROSOL; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATELLITE IMAGERY; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); STRATOCUMULUS; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84867637517     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD018305     Document Type: Article

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