Atmospheric ice crystals over the Antarctic Plateau in winter

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1391-1405

  Walden, Von P ^a   Warren, Stephen G ^b   Tuttle, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; CRYSTALS; DUST; GLASS; ICE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SNOW;

ICE CRYSTALS;

METEOROLOGY;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ICE CRYSTAL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0038027745     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2003)042<1391:AICOTA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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