Remote sensing of droplet number concentration in warm clouds: A review of the current state of knowledge and perspectives

DP Grosvenor, O Sourdeval, P Zuidema… - Reviews of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The cloud droplet number concentration (N d) is of central interest to improve the
understanding of cloud physics and for quantifying the effective radiative forcing by aerosol …

Stratocumulus clouds

R Wood - Monthly weather review, 2012 - journals.ametsoc.org
This paper reviews the current knowledge of the climatological, structural, and
organizational aspects of stratocumulus clouds and the physical processes controlling them …

Impact of aerosols on convective clouds and precipitation

WK Tao, JP Chen, Z Li, C Wang… - Reviews of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Aerosols are a critical factor in the atmospheric hydrological cycle and radiation budget. As a
major agent for clouds to form and a significant attenuator of solar radiation, aerosols affect …

Global observations of aerosol‐cloud‐precipitation‐climate interactions

D Rosenfeld, MO Andreae, A Asmi, M Chin… - Reviews of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Cloud drop condensation nuclei (CCN) and ice nuclei (IN) particles determine to a large
extent cloud microstructure and, consequently, cloud albedo and the dynamic response of …

Representation of microphysical processes in cloud‐resolving models: Spectral (bin) microphysics versus bulk parameterization

AP Khain, KD Beheng, A Heymsfield… - Reviews of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Most atmospheric motions of different spatial scales and precipitation are closely related to
phase transitions in clouds. The continuously increasing resolution of large‐scale and …

High carrier mobility in single-crystal plasma-deposited diamond

J Isberg, J Hammersberg, E Johansson, T Wikstrom… - Science, 2002 - science.org
Room-temperature drift mobilities of 4500 square centimeters per volt second for electrons
and 3800 square centimeters per volt second for holes have been measured in high-purity …

The non-hydrostatic icosahedral atmospheric model: Description and development

M Satoh, H Tomita, H Yashiro, H Miura… - Progress in Earth and …, 2014 - Springer
This article reviews the development of a global non-hydrostatic model, focusing on the
pioneering research of the Non-hydrostatic Icosahedral Atmospheric Model (NICAM). Very …

A two-moment cloud microphysics parameterization for mixed-phase clouds. Part 1: Model description

A Seifert, KD Beheng - Meteorology and atmospheric physics, 2006 - Springer
A two-moment microphysical parameterization for mixed-phase clouds was developed to
improve the explicit representation of clouds and precipitation in mesoscale atmospheric …

Precipitation: Measurement, remote sensing, climatology and modeling

S Michaelides, V Levizzani, E Anagnostou, P Bauer… - Atmospheric …, 2009 - Elsevier
This review paper deals with four aspects of precipitation: measurement, remote sensing,
climatology and modeling. The measurement of precipitation is summarized in terms of the …

Aerosol impact on the dynamics and microphysics of deep convective clouds

A Khain, D Rosenfeld… - Quarterly Journal of the …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Mechanisms through which atmospheric aerosols affect cloud microphysics, dynamics and
precipitation are investigated using a spectral microphysics two‐dimensional cloud model. A …