The occurrence of particle size distribution bimodality in midlatitude cirrus as inferred from ground-based remote sensing data

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1162-1177

  Zhao, Yang ^a   Mace, Gerald G ^b   Comstock, Jennifer M ^c  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrus clouds; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BIMODAL PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; CIRRUS CLOUDS; CIRRUS PARTICLES; CLOUD PROCESS; DATA ARTIFACTS; DATA SETS; DOPPLER; GENERAL NATURE; GROUND-BASED REMOTE SENSING; IN-SITU DATA; LARGE CRYSTAL; MIDLATITUDES; OKLAHOMA; PROBE SURFACE; REMOTE SENSING DATA; SIZE RANGES;

AIRCRAFT EXHIBITIONS; AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL RADAR; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CLOUDS;

ALGORITHM; CIRRUS; DATA SET; ICE CRYSTAL; PARTICLE SIZE; REMOTE SENSING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 78649898074     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3354.1     Document Type: Article

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