Supercooled drizzle formed by condensation-coalescence in the mid-winter season of the Canadian Arctic

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 293-301

  Kajikawa, Masahiro ^a   Kikuchi, Katsuhiro ^b   Asuma, Yoshio ^b   Inoue, Yusuke ^b   Sato, Noboru ^c  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Sci Educ Inst of Osaka Prefecture   (Japan)

Author keywords

Condensation coalescence process; Freezing drizzle; Supercooled drizzle; The Arctic region

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; DRIZZLE; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

CANADA;

EID: 0006870586     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8095(99)00035-6     Document Type: Article

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