In-cloud icing in the Columbia basin

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4369-4381

  Thorkildson, Ronald M ^a   Jones, Kathleen F ^b   Emery, Maggie K ^a  

^a Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^b BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR PRESSURES; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLOUD LIQUID WATERS; CLOUD PROPERTIES; CLOUD-BASE HEIGHT; COLD AIR; COLUMBIA; COLUMBIA RIVER; DEWPOINT TEMPERATURE; DROPLET CONCENTRATION; DROPLET DIAMETERS; ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION; GROUND WIRE; HIGH-VOLTAGES; ICE SAMPLES; ICING EVENTS; LIQUID WATER CONTENT; OVER HEAD GROUND WIRES; STEEL TOWERS; TRANSMISSION LINE; WASHINGTON; WEATHER DATA; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BANDPASS FILTERS; DROP FORMATION; ELECTRIC LINES; LANDFORMS; LIQUIDS; MARTENSITIC STAINLESS STEEL; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY; WIRE;

WATER CONTENT;

ACCUMULATION RATE; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLOUD; COLD AIR; DROPLET; ESCARPMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOG; FORECASTING METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RIME; TERRAIN; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

COLUMBIA RIVER; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 74949121140     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009MWR2941.1     Document Type: Article

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