Comparison of aircraft observations with mixed-phase cloud simulations

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 656-671

  Vaillancourt, Paul A ^a   Tremblay, André ^a   Cober, Stewart G ^a   Isaac, George A ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ICE; STATISTICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS;

CLOUDS;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD WATER; ICE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0041534375     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<0656:COAOWM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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