Relative humidity in liquid, mixed-phase, and ice clouds

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2865-2880

  Korolev, Alexei ^a,b   Isaac, George A ^b  

^a Sky Tech Research Inc   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SENSORS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; ICE CLOUDS; ICE CLOUDS FRACTION; LIQUID CLOUDS;

CLOUDS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SENSORS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; FRONTAL FEATURE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SENSOR; STRATIFORM CLOUD;

EID: 33845259853     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3784.1     Document Type: Article

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