Ice properties of single-layer stratocumulus during the Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment: 1. Observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  McFarquhar, Greg M ^a   Zhang, Gong ^a   Poellot, Michael R ^b   Kok, Gregory L ^c   McCoy, Robert ^d   Tooman, Tim ^d   Fridlind, Ann ^e   Heymsfield, Andrew J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c Droplet Measurement Technologies Inc   (United States)

^d SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLOUDS; ICE; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WATER CONTENT;

ALGORITHM; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ICE CRYSTAL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRATOCUMULUS; WATER CONTENT;

ALASKA; BARROW; NORTH AMERICA; OLIKTOK POINT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42549136279     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008633     Document Type: Article

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