A common microphysical structure for midlevel mixed-phase cloud in the mid-latitudes: Results from the cloud layer experiment (CLEX-9)

12th Conference on Cloud Physics, and 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Niu, Jianguo ^a   Carey, Lawrence D ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Kankiewicz, J Adam ^b   Vonder Haar, Thomas H ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PROFILE; CLOUD LAYERS; CLOUD PARTICLES; COMMON FEATURES; COMMON STRUCTURES; COMPREHENSIVE MEASUREMENT; FLIGHT MISSION; ICE CRYSTAL SIZE; ICE PARTICLES; IN-SITU; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES; LIQUID DROPLETS; LIQUID WATER CONTENT; MICROPHYSICAL STRUCTURE; MIDLATITUDES; MIXED-PHASE CLOUD; NEBRASKA; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; PARAMETERIZED; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE SENSORS; SECTOR PLATES; SUPERCOOLED LIQUIDS; SURFACE PARAMETER; TERRA/MODIS; THIN LAYERS; THIN WATER LAYERS; UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING KING AIRS;

AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; DROP FORMATION; EXPERIMENTS; ICE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; WATER CONTENT;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84868055991     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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