Single-scattering properties of complex ice crystals in terrestrial atmosphere

Contributions to Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 223-248

  Yang, Ping ^a   Liou, K N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRRUS; ICE CRYSTAL; SCATTERING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 0001352020     PISSN: 00058173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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