Single scattering properties of atmospheric ice crystals

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 2813-2825

  Macke, Andreas ^a,b,d   Mueller, Johannes ^a,c   Raschke, Ehrhard ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRIC OPTICS; ICE CRYSTAL; PARTICLE SIZE; SCATTERING;

EID: 0030391043     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<2813:SSPOAI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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