Light scattering by quasi-spherical ice crystals

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 2229-2248

  Nousiainen, Timo ^a   McFarquhar, Greg M ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; CORRELATION METHODS; CRYSTALS; DUST; FUNCTIONS; ICE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SENSORS; POLYNOMIALS; STATISTICS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VECTORS;

CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; DUST PARTICLES; ICE CRYSTALS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ICE CRYSTAL; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL PROPERTY;

EID: 5444251501     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<2229:LSBQIC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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