Impact of natural and anthropogenic aerosols on stratocumulus and precipitation in the Southeast Pacific: A regional modelling study using WRF-Chem

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 8777-8796

  Yang, Q ^a   Gustafson, W I ^a   Fast, J D ^a   Wang, H ^a   Easter, R C ^a   Wang, M ^a   Ghan, S J ^a   Berg, L K ^a   Leung, L R ^a   Morrison, H ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; PERTURBATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SALT; STRATOCUMULUS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 84867658091     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-8777-2012     Document Type: Article

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