The Spectral Ice Habit Prediction System (SHIPS). Part III: Description of the ice particle model and the habit-dependent aggregation model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1125-1141

  Hashino, Tempei ^a,b   Tripoli, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cloud microphysics; Cloud resolving models; Ice particles

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION MODEL; AGGREGATION PROCESS; BOX MODELS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; CRITICAL PARTS; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; CRYSTAL HABITS; GROWTH HISTORY; GROWTH MODELS; ICE CRYSTALS; ICE PARTICLES; LAGRANGIAN; NUMERICAL SCHEME; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROCESS; PREDICTION SYSTEMS; TERMINAL VELOCITY;

AGGREGATES; CRYSTALS; FORECASTING; ICE; MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SHIP MOCKUPS; SHIPS; SPHERES; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

AGGLOMERATION;

AGGREGATE; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ICE; ICE CRYSTAL; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MODELING;

EID: 79959632019     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JAS3666.1     Document Type: Article

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