The size distribution and mass-weighted terminal velocity of low-latitude tropopause cirrus crystal populations

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2013-2028

  Schmitt, C G ^a,b   Heymsfield, A J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRRUS CLOUDS; CIRRUS REGIONAL STUDY OF TROPICAL ANVILS AND CIRRUS LAYERS; CRYSTAL FACE; CRYSTAL POPULATION; DIMENSIONAL PROPERTIES; EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS; FIELD CAMPAIGN; FLORIDA AREA CIRRUS EXPERIMENTS; GAMMA FUNCTION; HIGH ALTITUDE; ICE CLOUDS; ICE CRYSTALS; ICE PARTICLES; ICE WATER CONTENT; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PARTICLE POPULATION; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; PARTICLE TERMINAL VELOCITY; POWER-LAW; PRE-AURA VALIDATION EXPERIMENTS; PROJECTED AREA; SIZE RANGES; TERMINAL VELOCITY; VIDEO ICE PARTICLE SAMPLERS;

AIRCRAFT; EXPERIMENTS; ICE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VELOCITY; WATER CONTENT;

CLOUDS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRBORNE SURVEY; CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ICE CRYSTAL; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TROPOPAUSE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 69949151327     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3004.1     Document Type: Article

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