Polluting of winter convective clouds upon transition from ocean inland over central California: Contrasting case studies

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 135-136, Issue , 2014, Pages 112-127

  Rosenfeld, Daniel ^a   Chemke, Rei ^a   Prather, Kimberly ^b   Suski, Kaitlyn ^b   Comstock, Jennifer M ^c   Schmid, Beat ^c   Tomlinson, Jason ^c   Jonsson, Haflidi ^d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud aerosol interactions; Precipitation suppression

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; AEROSOL PROPERTIES; AIRCRAFT MEASUREMENT; CLOUD CONDENSATION; CLOUD MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; EFFECTIVE RADIUS; PRECIPITATION SUPPRESSION;

AEROSOLS; CLOUD SEEDING; CLOUDS; DROPS;

RAIN;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONVECTIVE CLOUD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WINTER;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884932486     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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