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Hegg 1999

Hegg, D.A. (1999). Dependence of marine stratocumulus formation on aerosols. Geophysical Research Letters 26: doi: 10.1029/1999GL900268. issn: 0094-8276.

A theoretical assessment is made of the impact of initial cloud condensation nuclei concentrations on the formation and stability of marine stratocumulus. It is found that the initial CCN concentration, through modulation of the drizzle process, has significant impact on the formation and stability of stratocumulus cloud layers for low CCN levels. The low levels examined are typical of both preindustrial oceanic areas in the North Pacific and the Southern Ocean today. ¿ 1999 American Geophysical Union

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Keywords
Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Cloud physics and chemistry, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Aerosols and particles (0345, 4801), Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Boundary layer processes, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Precipitation

Journal
Geophysical Research Letters
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American Geophysical Union
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