Published March 1994 | Version v1
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A model of the microphysical evolution of a cloud

Creators

  • 1. Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM (United States)

Description

The earth's weather and climate are influenced strongly by phenomena associated with clouds. Therefore, a general circulation model (GCM) that models the evolution of weather and climate must include an accurate physical model of the clouds. This paper describes efforts to develop a suitable cloud model. It concentrates on the microphysical processes that determine the evolution of droplet and ice crystal size distributions, precipitation rates, total and condensed water content, and radiative extinction coefficients

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Proceedings of the third Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) science team meeting
Imprint Pagination
379 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 67-72.
Report number
CONF-9303122--

Conference

Title
3. Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) science team meeting.
Dates
1-5 Mar 1993.
Place
Norman, OK (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
25072531
Subject category
S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; S99: GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ACCURACY; ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS; CLOUDS; CONDENSATION NUCLEI; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; MULTI-PARAMETER ANALYSIS