A new WRF-Chem treatment for studying regional-scale impacts of cloud processes on aerosol and trace gases in parameterized cumuli

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 409-429

  Berg, L K ^a   Shrivastava, M ^a   Easter, R C ^a   Fast, J D ^a   Chapman, E G ^a   Liu, Y ^a   Ferrare, R A ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; MIXING RATIO; TRACE GAS; VOLCANIC CLOUD;

EID: 84923540323     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-8-409-2015     Document Type: Article

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