Examination of CCN impacts on hail in a simulated supercell storm with triple-moment hail bulk microphysics

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 147-148, Issue , 2014, Pages 183-204

  Loftus, A M ^a   Cotton, W R ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aerosol cloud precipitation interactions; CCN; Cloud resolving model; Hail; Supercell convection

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; PHYSICS; STORMS;

BULK MICROPHYSICS; CCN; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; NON-MONOTONIC RESPONSE; RECENT RESEARCHES; SUPER CELL; SURFACE PRECIPITATION;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; HAIL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; STORM; SUPERCELL;

KANSAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901988628     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.04.017     Document Type: Article

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