A new look at the melting layer

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 759-769

  Drummond, Fiona J ^a   Rogers, R R ^a   Cohn, S A ^a   Ecklund, W L ^b   Carter, D A ^c   Wilson, J S ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC FACTOR; DOPPLER SPECTRA; EQUIVALENT REFLECTIVITY FACTOR; MELTING LAYER; PARTICLE FALLING SPEED; RADAR BRIGHT BAND; SNOWFLAKE;

EID: 0029750040     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<0759:ANLATM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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