The relationships between insoluble precipitation residues, clouds, and precipitation over California's southern Sierra Nevada during winter storms

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 140, Issue , 2016, Pages 298-310

  Creamean, Jessie M ^a,b   White, Allen B ^b   Minnis, Patrick ^c   Palikonda, Rabindra ^d   Spangenberg, Douglas A ^d   Prather, Kimberly A ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol cloud precipitation interactions; Cloud glaciation; Ice nucleation; Sierra nevada

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLOUDS; DUST; FORESTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; STORMS; WATER SUPPLY;

AEROSOL CLOUDS; CLOUD GLACIATION; ICE NUCLEATION; PRECIPITATION CHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION FORMATION; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SIERRA NEVADA; SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CALCIUM; ICE; IRON; SILICATE;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLOUD; DUST; GLACIATION; ICE; NUCLEATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION QUALITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ARTICLE; CALIFORNIA; CLOUD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIATION; ICE NUCLEATING PARTICLE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MINERAL DUST; NATIONAL PARK; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WASTE; WINTER;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES; YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 84973480871     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.06.016     Document Type: Article

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