Cirrus crystal terminal velocities

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 916-938

  Heymsfield, Andrew J ^a,b   Iaquinta, Jean ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; CLIMATOLOGY; DOPPLER RADAR; DRAG; TROPOSPHERE; VELOCITY;

CIRRUS CRYSTAL TERMINAL VELOCITIES; DRAG COEFFICIENTS;

CLOUDS;

CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CRYSTAL; VELOCITY;

EID: 0034176945     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<0916:CCTV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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