Observations of supercooled raindrops in New Mexico summertime cumuli

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 569-575

  Blyth, Alan M ^a   Benestad, Rasmus E ^a,c   Krehbiel, Paul R ^a   Latham, John ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUMULUS; PRECIPITATION; RAIN FORMATION; SUPERCOOLED DROPLET;

USA, NEW MEXICO;

EID: 0031439290     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<0569:OOSRIN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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