Snow crystal habit changes explained by layer nucleation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1452-1465

  Nelson, Jon ^a   Knight, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; NUCLEATION; SNOW; SUPERSATURATION; SURFACE PHENOMENA; THERMAL EFFECTS;

SURFACE MIGRATION;

ICE;

ICE CRYSTAL; NUCLEATION; SNOW;

EID: 0032051427     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<1452:SCHCEB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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