Dependence of ice crystal optical properties on particle aspect ratio

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 110, Issue 14-16, 2009, Pages 1604-1614

  Yang, Ping ^a   Fu, Qiang ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspect ratio; Asymmetry factor; Ice crystals

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY FACTOR; GEOMETRIC OPTICS; HEXAGONAL ICE CRYSTAL; ICE CLOUDS; ICE CRYSTALS; IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS; RADIATIVE PROPERTIES; SINGLE SCATTERING; SMALL ASPECT RATIO;

CLOUDS; CRYSTALS; ICE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PRESSURE DROP;

ASPECT RATIO;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; GEOMETRY; ICE CRYSTAL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SCATTERING;

EID: 67649386622     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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