Refinements to ice particle mass dimensional and terminal velocity relationships for ice clouds. Part II: Evaluation and parameterizations of ensemble ice particle sedimentation velocities

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1068-1088

  Heymsfield, Andrew J ^a   van Zadelhoff, Gerd Jan ^b   Donovan, David P ^b   Fabry, Frederic ^c   Hogan, Robin J ^d   Illingworth, Anthony J ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; DOPPLER RADAR; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

FALL VELOCITY RELATIONSHIP; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT COEFFICIENTS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; DOPPLER RADAR; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; DOPPLER RADAR; ICE; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENTATION; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 34247553285     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3900.1     Document Type: Article

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