Small cloud particle shapes in mixed-Phase clouds

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1277-1293

  Mcfarquhar, Greg M ^a   Um, Junshik ^a   Jackson, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DETECTION THRESHOLD; EFFECTIVE RADIUS; LIQUID WATER CONTENT; MIXED-PHASE CLOUD; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SUPERCOOLED DROPLETS; TOTAL WATER CONTENT;

LIQUIDS;

DROPS;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; DROPLET; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84880278892     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-12-0114.1     Document Type: Article

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