Entrainment of aerosols and their activation in a shallow cumulus cloud studied with a coupled LCM-LES approach

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 156, Issue , 2015, Pages 43-57

  Hoffmann, F ^a   Raasch, S ^a   Noh, Y ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aerosol activation; Cloud condensation nuclei; Entrainment; Lagrangian particles; Large eddy simulation

Indexed keywords

AIR ENTRAINMENT; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CLOUDS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

ACTIVATION PROCESS; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; ENTRAINED PARTICLES; ENVIRONMENTAL AEROSOLS; LAGRANGIAN PARTICLES; SECONDARY ACTIVATIONS; SHALLOW CUMULUS CLOUDS; TURBULENT MIXING;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; CUMULUS; ENTRAINMENT; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBULENT MIXING; UPDRAFT;

EID: 84921026626     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.12.008     Document Type: Article

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