The effect of pollution aerosol on wintertime orographic precipitation in the colorado rockies using a simplified emissions scheme to predict CCN concentrations

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 859-872

  Letcher, Theodore ^a,b   Cotton, William R ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; WATER RESOURCES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION EFFICIENCY; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; PRECIPITATION SYSTEMS; REGIONAL ATMOSPHERIC MODELING SYSTEMS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; SURFACE DISTRIBUTIONS; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; POLLUTION EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOWSTORM; WINTER;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897987566     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-13-0166.1     Document Type: Article

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