Aircraft measurements of aerosol distribution, warm cloud microphysical properties, and their relationship over the Eastern Loess Plateau in China

Junxia Li; Peiren Li; Gang Ren; Liang Yuan; Yiyu Li; Junmei Yang

doi:10.1080/16000889.2019.1663994

Aircraft measurements of aerosol distribution, warm cloud microphysical properties, and their relationship over the Eastern Loess Plateau in China

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 71 (2019): Issue 1

By: Junxia Li, Peiren Li, Gang Ren, Liang Yuan, Yiyu Li and Junmei Yang

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Keywords:

aerosol,

warm clouds,

microphysical properties,

aerosol–cloud interaction,

aircraft measurements

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