Impact of aerosols on ice crystal size

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 1065-1078

  Zhao, Bin ^a   Liou, Kuo Nan ^a   Gu, Yu ^a   Jiang, Jonathan H ^b   Li, Qinbin ^a   Fu, Rong ^a   Huang, Lei ^a,b   Liu, Xiaohong ^c   Shi, Xiangjun ^c   Su, Hui ^b   He, Cenlin ^a  

^a Los Angeles   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FORMATION MECHANISM; ICE CRYSTAL; PARAMETERIZATION; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 85041208486     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-18-1065-2018     Document Type: Article

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