Cirrus cloud susceptibility to the injection of ice nuclei in the upper troposphere

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2375-2389

  Storelvmo, T ^a   Herger, N ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CLOUD SEEDING; CLOUDS; COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; DUST; ICE CONTROL; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; NUCLEATION; OPTIMIZATION; TROPOSPHERE;

CIRRUS; CLIMATE; COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; GEOENGINEERING; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; SEEDING MATERIALS; SEEDING STRATEGIES; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

ICE;

CIRRUS; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD SEEDING; COOLING; DUST; NUCLEATION; TROPOSPHERE; WARMING;

EID: 84898435021     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020816     Document Type: Article

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