Cloud chamber laboratory investigations into scattering properties of hollow ice particles

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 157, Issue , 2015, Pages 106-118

  Smith, Helen R ^a   Connolly, Paul J ^a   Baran, Anthony J ^b   Hesse, Evelyn ^c   Smedley, Andrew R D ^a   Webb, Ann R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymmetry parameter; Hollowness; Ice crystal; Phase function; Ray Tracing; RTDF

Indexed keywords

CLOUD CHAMBERS; ICE; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

ASYMMETRY PARAMETER; HOLLOWNESS; ICE CRYSTALS; PHASE FUNCTIONS; RTDF;

RAY TRACING;

ASYMMETRY; CLOUD; ICE CRYSTAL; RAY TRACING; SCATTERING;

EID: 84924577950     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2015.02.015     Document Type: Article

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