Observations of precipitation size and fall speed characteristics within coexisting rain and wet snow

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1450-1464

  Yuter, Sandra E ^a   Kingsmill, David E ^b   Nance, Louisa B ^c   Löffler Mang, Martin ^d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Saarland University of Applied Sciences   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION METHODS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RAIN; SNOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FALL SPEED CHARACTERISTICS; PARTICLE SIZE AND VELOCITY DISDROMETER; RAINDROPS; WET SNOW;

METEOROLOGY;

GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SNOW;

CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751241106     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2406.1     Document Type: Article

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