Doppler lidar measurements of oriented planar ice crystals falling from supercooled and glaciated layer clouds

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 136, Issue 646, 2010, Pages 260-276

  Westbrook, C D ^a   Illingworth, A J ^a   O'Connor, E J ^a   Hogan, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Specular reflection

Indexed keywords

BASAL FACET; COLD CLOUDS; CRYSTAL FACE; CRYSTAL POPULATION; DOPPLER; DOPPLER LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; DOPPLER LIDARS; DOPPLER MEASUREMENT; EDDY DISSIPATION RATE; HIGH RESOLUTION; ICE CRYSTALS; ORIENTED CRYSTALS; PHASE LAYERS; POLARIMETRIC RADAR MEASUREMENTS; SMALL DROPLETS; SPECULAR REFLECTIONS; TEMPERATURE CORRELATION;

CLOUDS; CRYSTALS; DOPPLER EFFECT; DROP FORMATION; ICE; OPTICAL RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; REFLECTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SUPERCOOLING;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD COVER; DOPPLER LIDAR; FREEZING; ICE CRYSTAL; MIXED LAYER; NUCLEATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURBULENCE;

EID: 77249084610     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.528     Document Type: Article

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