Properties of tropical and midlatitude ice cloud particle ensembles. Part I: Median mass diameters and terminal velocities

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 2573-2591

  Heymsfield, Andrew J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; TERMINALS (ELECTRIC);

ICE CLOUDS;

METEOROLOGY;

CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ICE CRYSTAL; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0344426165     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<2573:POTAMI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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