The impact of rain on ice nuclei populations at a forested site in Colorado

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 227-231

  Prenni, A J ^a   Tobo, Y ^a   Garcia, E ^a   DeMott, P J ^a   Huffman, J A ^b,c   McCluskey, C S ^a   Kreidenweis, S M ^a   Prenni, J E ^d   Pohlker C ^b   Poschl U ^b  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; COMPETING MECHANISMS; DNA SEQUENCING; FORESTED SITES; HYDROLOGIC CYCLES; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; SIZE DEPENDENT; WET DEPOSITION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DNA SEQUENCES; FORESTRY; LASERS; RAIN; STORMS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; FOREST FLOOR; ICE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; STORM;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874851820     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053953     Document Type: Article

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