Quantitative ice accretion information from the automated surface observing system

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1423-1437

  Ryerson, Charles C ^a   Ramsay, Allan C ^b  

^a Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SENSORS; STORMS;

FREEZING PRECIPITATION; ICE ACCRETION; ICING SENSOR;

ICE PROBLEMS;

ALGORITHM; FREEZING; ICE STORM; ICE THICKNESS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOW ACCUMULATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35548969756     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2535.1     Document Type: Article

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