Numerical simulation of clouds and precipitation depending on different relationships between aerosol and cloud droplet spectral dispersion

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Xie, Xiaoning ^a   Liu, Xiaodong ^a,b   Peng, Yiran ^c   Wang, Yi ^d   Yue, Zhiguo ^e   Li, Xinzhou ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^e Weather Modification Office of Shaanxi Province   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol indirect effects; Autoconversion parameterization; Cloud droplet spectral dispersion; Deep convective systems; Two moment bulk microphysics scheme

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); AEROSOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84882597788     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.19054     Document Type: Article

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