Observations of turbulence in cirrus clouds

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-29

  Smith, Samantha A ^a   Jonas, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; TURBULENCE;

CIRRUS; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ WAVE; KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENCE;

UK;

EID: 0030423034     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8095(96)00002-6     Document Type: Article

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