Microphysical and optical properties of atmospheric ice crystals at South Pole station

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1505-1524

  Lawson, R Paul ^a   Baker, Brad A ^a   Zmarzly, Patrick ^a   O'Connor, Darren ^a   Mo, Qixu ^a   Gayet, Jean Francois ^b   Shcherbakov, Valery ^c  

^a SPEC INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^c B I STEPANOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Belarus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; CORRELATION THEORY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC ICE CRYSTALS; CLOUD PARTICLE IMAGERS; POLAR NEPHELOMETER;

METEOROLOGY;

AIR-SNOW INTERACTION; BLOWING SNOW; CLOUD WATER; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; ICE CRYSTAL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; SOUTH POLE;

EID: 33750323701     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2421.1     Document Type: Article

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