Aerosol replenishment and cloud morphology: A VOCALS example

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 300-311

  Jiang, Qingfang ^a   Wang, Shouping ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Cloud droplets; Cumulus clouds; Drizzle; Large eddy simulations; Nonlinear models

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; CLOUD DROPLETS; CUMULUS CLOUD; DRIZZLE; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION MODELS; NON-LINEAR MODEL; PREY-PREDATOR MODELS; STRATOCUMULUS-TOPPED BOUNDARY LAYERS;

AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MORPHOLOGY; PREDATOR PREY SYSTEMS; RELAXATION TIME;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AEROSOL; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD DROPLET; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRIZZLE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; STRATOCUMULUS;

EID: 84891641527     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-13-0128.1     Document Type: Article

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