Ice crystal concentration in midlatitude cirrus clouds: In situ measurements with the balloonborne hydrometeor videosonde (HYVIS)

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 143-161

  Orikasa, Narihiro ^a   Murakami, Masataka ^a   Heymsfield, Andrew J ^b  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Balloonborne observation; Cirrus cloud; Ice crystal concentration; Ice nucleation

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; CIRRUS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROMETEOROLOGY; ICE CRYSTAL; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; NUCLEATION; SATELLITE DATA; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TURBULENT MIXING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

HONSHU; IBARAKI; JAPAN; KANTO; TSUKUBA;

EID: 84878181936     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2013-204     Document Type: Article

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