Experimental determination of the deposition coefficient of small cirrus-like ice crystals near -50°C

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 2006, Pages

  Magee, Nathan ^a,b   Moyle, Alfred M ^a   Lamb, Dennis ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WENTWORTH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; DEPOSITION; ELECTRODYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SUPERSATURATION;

CIRRUS-CLOUD SIMULATIONS; PARTICLE-MEAN DEPOSITION COEFFICIENT; SURFACE-KINETIC RESISTANCE;

ICE;

CIRRUS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ICE CRYSTAL; PARTICLE SIZE; SIMULATION;

EID: 33845618000     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026665     Document Type: Article

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