Aggregate terminal velocity/temperature relations

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2729-2736

  Brandes, Edward A ^a   Ikeda, Kyoko ^a   Thompson, Gregory ^a   Schönhuber, Michael ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PORT TERMINALS; STORMS;

TERMINAL VELOCITIES; VIDEO DISDROMETER;

AGGREGATES;

AGGREGATE; POWER LAW; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SNOW; VELOCITY;

COLORADO; FRONT RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57749198225     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1869.1     Document Type: Article

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