Ice crystals growing from vapor in supercooled clouds between -2.5° and -22°C: Testing current parameterization methods using laboratory data

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2416-2429

  Westbrook, C D ^a   Heymsfield, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud parameterizations; Cloud resolving models; Clouds; Snow; Stratiform clouds

Indexed keywords

CLOUD LAYERS; CLOUD RESOLVING MODELS; CRYSTAL MASS; CRYSTAL SIZE; DENDRITE GROWTH; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FALL VELOCITIES; ICE CRYSTAL GROWTH; ICE CRYSTALS; LABORATORY STUDIES; MICROPHYSICS; MODEL FORMULATION; PARAMETERIZATION METHOD; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PARAMETERIZED; PREDICTED GROWTH; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; RESIDENCE TIME; STRATIFORM CLOUDS; TEMPERATURE RANGE; VENTILATION EFFECTS; WIND-TUNNEL DATA;

CAPACITANCE; CLOUDS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALS; EXPERIMENTS; GROWTH RATE; ICE; ICE CONTROL; LABORATORIES; PHYSICS; SNOW; SUPERCOOLING; VAPORS; VENTILATION;

PARAMETERIZATION;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DIFFUSION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; ICE CRYSTAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SNOW; STRATIFORM CLOUD;

EID: 81555209856     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-017.1     Document Type: Article

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