Marine boundary layer cloud regimes and POC formation in a CRM coupled to a bulk aerosol scheme

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 12549-12572

  Berner, A H ^a   Bretherton, C S ^a   Wood, R ^a   Muhlbauer, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD COVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTRAINMENT; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; STRATOCUMULUS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84891088449     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-12549-2013     Document Type: Article

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