On the occurrence of hollow bullet Rosette- and column-shaped ice crystals in midlatitude cirrus

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4514-4519

  Schmitt, Carl G ^a,b   Heymsfield, Andrew J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; CLOUDS; LIGHT SCATTERING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

ICE CRYSTALS; OPTICAL DEPTH;

ICE;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; CLOUDS; ICE; LIGHT SCATTERING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

CIRRUS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; ICE CRYSTAL; LIGHT SCATTERING; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 38349185131     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2317.1     Document Type: Article

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