Diabatic Heating and Cooling Rates Derived from In Situ Microphysics Measurements: A Case Study of a Wintertime U.K. Cold Front

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3100-3125

  Dearden, C ^a   Connolly, P J ^a   Lloyd, G ^a   Crosier, J ^a   Bower, K N ^a   Choularton, T W ^a   Vaughan, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; COOLING; HEATING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

COLUMNAR CRYSTALS; CONDENSATION GROWTH; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MICROPHYSICAL PROCESS; MODEL CALCULATIONS; NEGATIVE EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS; PEAK TEMPERATURES; WEATHER FORECAST MODELS;

ICE;

EID: 84906876104     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-14-00048.1     Document Type: Article

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