Mesoscale modeling of smoke transport over the Southeast Asian maritime continent: Coupling of smoke direct radiative effect below and above the low-level clouds

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 159-174

  Ge, C ^a,b   Wang, J ^a   Reid, J S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BIOMASS BURNING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD; CONVERGENCE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; RADIATIVE FORCING; SMOKE;

SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84891784177     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-159-2014     Document Type: Article

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