Observations and numerical simulations of the origin and development of very large snowflakes

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 3209-3229

  Lawson, R Paul ^a   Stewart, Ronald E ^b   Angus, Leigh J ^a,c  

^a SPEC INC   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; HEAT CONVECTION; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; STORMS; THERMOANALYSIS;

MITCHELL MODEL; VERY LARGE SNOWFLAKES; WINTER STORMS;

SNOW;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; FORMATION MECHANISM;

EID: 0033232455     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<3209:OANSOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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