Observed impacts of vertical velocity on cloud microphysics and implications for aerosol indirect effects

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 21, 2012, Pages

  Lu, Chunsong ^a,b   Liu, Yangang ^b   Niu, Shengjie ^a   Vogelmann, Andrew M ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DISPERSIONS; DROPS; LOADING; PHYSICS; VELOCITY;

AEROSOL INDIRECT EFFECT; AEROSOL LOADING; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS; CLOUD DROPLETS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DROPLET NUMBER; DYNAMICAL EFFECTS; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; FIELD CAMPAIGN; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OKLAHOMA; POWER-LAW FUNCTIONS; RELATIVE DISPERSION; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS; STANDARD DEVIATION; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

AEROSOLS;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CUMULUS; DROPLET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; POWER LAW; VOLCANIC CLOUD;

LAMONT; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869409594     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053599     Document Type: Article

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