Snow studies. Part I: A study of natural variability of snow terminal velocity

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1591-1604

  Zawadzki, Isztar ^a   Jung, Eunsil ^a,b   Lee, Gyowon ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ice particles; Instrumentation sensors; Precipitation; Snow; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CONTROL VARIABLE; DIFFERENT ORIGINS; FALL VELOCITIES; ICE PARTICLES; INSTRUMENTATION/SENSORS; NATURAL VARIABILITY; POWER-LAW RELATIONSHIP; PRECIPITATION SYSTEMS; SNOW STUDIES; STANDARD DEVIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TERMINAL VELOCITY; VARYING COEFFICIENTS;

SNOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

VELOCITY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROPLET; INSTRUMENTATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SNOW; SNOW ACCUMULATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 77955566502     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3342.1     Document Type: Article

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