Improved airborne hot-wire measurements of ice water content in clouds

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2121-2131

  Korolev, Alexei ^a   Strapp, J W ^a   Isaac, G A ^a   Emery, E ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE MEASUREMENTS; CAPTURE EFFICIENCY; HOT-WIRE MEASUREMENTS; MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGIES; NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL; OPTICAL ARRAY PROBES; TOTAL WATER CONTENT; WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENT;

ICE PROBLEMS; MEASUREMENTS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SENSORS; VIDEO RECORDING; WIRE;

ICE;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ICE; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WATER COLUMN; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 84884972241     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-13-00007.1     Document Type: Article

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