Shapes, sizes and light scattering properties of ice crystals in cirrus and a persistent contrail during SUCCESS

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1331-1334

  Lawson, R Paul ^a   Heymsfield, Andrew J ^b   Aulenbach, Steven M ^b   Jensen, Tara L ^a  

^a SPEC INC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; ICE; LIGHT SCATTERING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT;

PERSISTENT CONTRAILS;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

CIRRUS; CONTRAIL; ICE CRYSTAL; MICROPHYSICS; SCATTERING;

EID: 0032075899     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00241     Document Type: Article

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