Aircraft observations of ice crystal evolution in an altostratus cloud

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1925-1941

  Field, Paul R ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ICE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPOSPHERE; WIND EFFECTS;

ALTOSTRATUS CLOUD; COLD FRONT;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD COVER; ICE CRYSTAL; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0032740914     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<1925:AOOICE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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