Observation of a freezing drizzle episode: A case study

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 149, Issue , 2014, Pages 244-254

  Fernandez Gonzalez S ^a   Valero, F ^a   Sanchez, Jose L ^b   Gascon E ^b   Lopez L ^b   Garcia Ortega E ^b   Merino, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cloud chamber; Freezing drizzle; Micro Rain Radar 2; MSG; Radiometer

Indexed keywords

CLOUD CHAMBERS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; RADAR; RADIOMETERS; RAIN; SNOW;

CLOUD-TOP TEMPERATURES; FREEZING PRECIPITATIONS; METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORIES; METEOSAT SECOND GENERATIONS; MICRO RAIN RADAR-2; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; MSG; NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES;

FREEZING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLOUD; DRIZZLE; FREEZING; HUMIDITY; METEOSAT; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; SATELLITE DATA; SNOW COVER; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

GUADARRAMA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MADRID [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 84904258253     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.06.014     Document Type: Article

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