Aerosol indirect effects on idealized tropical cyclone dynamics

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2040-2055

  Herbener, Stephen R ^a   van den Heever, Susan C ^a   Carrió, Gustavo G ^a   Saleeby, Stephen M ^a   Cotton, William R ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Cloud resolving models; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; STORMS;

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; AEROSOL INDIRECT EFFECT; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; MONOTONIC FUNCTIONS; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

HURRICANES;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; STORM; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 84901759268     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-13-0202.1     Document Type: Article

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