On the response of hailstorms to enhanced CCN concentrations

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 143, Issue , 2014, Pages 342-350

  Carrió, Gustavo G ^a   Cotton, William R ^a   Loftus, A M ^a  

^a Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

CCN effects; Hailstorms; Predominant size

Indexed keywords

STORMS;

CCN EFFECTS; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; CLOUD-BASE HEIGHT; CLOUD-RESOLVING SIMULATION; HAILSTORMS; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; PREDOMINANT SIZE;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HAIL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84897082475     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.03.002     Document Type: Article

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