Numerical simulation of the Valentine's day storm during the 1990 winter icing and storms project

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 595-612

  Haines, P A ^a,c   Chern, J D ^b   Sun, W Y ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ICING; CLOUD ICE; CLOUD WATER; PURDUE MESOSCALE MODEL; STORM; VALENTINE'S DAY STORM;

EID: 0031404296     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v49i5.14824     Document Type: Article

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