Impact of nitric acid on ice evaporation rates

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 823-826

  Warshawsky, Matthew S ^a,b   Zondlo, Mark A ^a,b   Tolbert, Margaret A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Campus Box 216 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DESORPTION; EVAPORATION; FILM GROWTH; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HELIUM NEON LASERS; ICE; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; PARTIAL PRESSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; LIQUIDS; NITRIC ACID;

ICE EVAPORATION RATES; ICE FILMS; NITRIC ACID TRIHYDRATE COATING; WATER ICE PARTICLES;

NITRIC ACID; ICE;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; EVAPORATION; ICE CRYSTAL; NITRIC ACID;

DESORPTION RATE; EVAPORATION RATE; ICE CLOUDS; LIQUID LAYER;

EID: 0033117431     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900120     Document Type: Article

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