The shapes of very small cirrus particles derived from in situ measurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Baumgardner, D ^a   Chepfer, H ^b   Raga, G B ^a   Kok, G L ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^c Droplet Measurement Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BACKSCATTERING; CRYSTALS; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WIND;

CIRRUS PARTICLES; ICE CRYSTALS; OPTICAL PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; WIND DIRECTION;

CLOUDS;

CIRRUS; ICE CRYSTAL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 16344363295     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021300     Document Type: Article

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