On the scattering phase-function of non-symmetric ice-crystals

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 131, Issue 611, 2005, Pages 2609-2616

  Baran, Anthony J ^a   Shcherbakov, V N ^b,c   Baker, B A ^d   Gayet, J F ^b   Lawson, R P ^d  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c B I STEPANOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Belarus)

^d Stratton Park Engineering Company Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Asymmetry parameter; Cirrus; Radiation; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; CRYSTALS; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING; SCATTERING;

ASYMMETRY PARAMETER; CIRRUS RADIATION; NON-SYMMETRIC ICE-CRYSTALS; SCATTERING PHASE-FUNCTION;

METEOROLOGY;

CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ICE CRYSTAL; SCATTERING;

EID: 28144451134     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.04.137     Document Type: Article

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