Upshear and downshear evolution of cloud structure and spectral properties

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1203-1217

  Vaillancourt, P A ^a   Yau, M K ^a   Grabowski, W W ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD STRUCTURE; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 0031445873     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<1203:UADEOC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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