The melting layer: A laboratory investigation of ice particle melt and evaporation near 0°C

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 206-220

  Oraltay, R G ^a   Hallett, John ^b  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AGGREGATES; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CAPILLARY FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; EVAPORATION; FREEZING; MELTING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); THERMAL EFFECTS; VELOCITY;

FACETED CRYSTALS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY (RH); SNOW CRYSTALS; VERTICAL FILAMENT;

ICE;

EVAPORATION; LABORATORY METHOD; MELTING; RAINFALL;

EID: 16444367456     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2194.1     Document Type: Article

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