Aircraft icing at low temperatures in Tropical Storm Chantal (2001)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 18, 2003, Pages

  Herman, Robert L ^a   Heymsfield, Andrew J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ICE; METEOROLOGY; NUCLEATION; NASA; STORMS; SUPERCOOLING; TROPICS;

MICROPHYSICAL PROCESSES; CLOUD MICROPHYSICAL PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HOMOGENEOUS NUCLEATION TEMPERATURE; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LOW TEMPERATURES; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; STRONG CONVECTIONS; SUPERCOOLED LIQUIDS;

STORMS; ICE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRCRAFT; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ICE CRYSTAL; LOW TEMPERATURE; STORM; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0346911874     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017746     Document Type: Article

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