Terminal fall velocity and the FASTEX cyclones

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 129, Issue 590 PART A, 2003, Pages 1513-1535

  Protat, A ^a   Lemaitre Y ^a   Bouniol, D ^a  

^a SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Frontal cyclones; Microphysical processes; Terminal velocity

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER RADAR; ICE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RADAR REFLECTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; WIND;

ICE-CRYSTALS;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC FRONT; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CYCLONE; FASTEX; ICE CRYSTAL;

EID: 0038556987     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.02.68     Document Type: Article

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