Assessment of the effects of acid-coated ice nuclei on the Arctic cloud microstructure, atmospheric dehydration, radiation and temperature during winter

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 599-614

  Girard, Eric ^a   Dueymes, Guillaume ^a   Du, Ping ^a   Bertram, Allan K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerosol cloud radiation interactions; Aerosols; Arctic climate; Arctic haze; Clouds; Ice nuclei

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARCTIC CLOUDS; ARCTIC HAZE; CLOUD FORCING; DUST PARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MODEL; ICE CLOUDS; ICE CRYSTALS; ICE NUCLEATION; ICE NUCLEI; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LARGE-SCALE TRANSPORT; LONG WAVES; MIDLATITUDES; MIXED-PHASE CLOUD; MULTISCALES; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; RADIATION PROCESS; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLOUDS; COATINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEHYDRATION; EXPERIMENTS; KAOLINITE; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUCLEATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; SULFURIC ACID;

ICE;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; DEHYDRATION; DUST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ICE CRYSTAL; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUCLEATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SULFATE; SULFURIC ACID; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84873527043     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3454     Document Type: Article

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