An overview of the microphysical structure of cirrus clouds observed during EMERALD-1

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 131, Issue 607, 2005, Pages 1143-1169

  Gallagher, Martin W ^a   Connolly, P J ^a   Whiteway, J ^b   Figueras Nieto, D ^a   Flynn, M ^a   Choularton, T W ^a   Bower, K N ^a   Cook, C ^b   Busen, R ^c   Hacker, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Wales Aberystwyth   (United Kingdom)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d Airborne Research Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Climate; Concentration; Habit; Ice size distribution; Microphysics

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CLOUDS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; ICE; NUCLEATION; OPTICAL RADAR; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CIRRUS CLOUDS; CIRRUS MICROPHYSICS; ICE CRYSTAL GROWTH; ICE SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ICE CRYSTAL;

EID: 27644535322     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.03.138     Document Type: Review

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