Minimalist model of ice microphysics in mixed-phase stratiform clouds

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 3756-3760

  Yang, Fan ^a   Ovchinnikov, Mikhail ^b   Shaw, Raymond A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

ice number concentration; ice water content; mixed phase clouds; stochastic ice nucleation

Indexed keywords

A1. LARGEEDDY SIMULATIONS (LES); ICE NUCLEATION; ICE WATER CONTENT; MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTY; MIXED-PHASE CLOUD; MIXED-PHASE STRATIFORM CLOUD; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; SUPERCOOLED LAYER CLOUDS;

ANALYTICAL MODELS; CLOUD COMPUTING; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MODELS; NUCLEATION; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ICE;

AEROSOL; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOACCUMULATION; NUCLEATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; STOCHASTICITY; STRATIFORM CLOUD;

EID: 84880249040     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50700     Document Type: Article

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