Technical Note: A proposal for ice nucleation terminology

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 10263-10270

  Vali, G ^a   DeMott, P J ^b   Mohler O ^c   Whale, T F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; ICE CRYSTAL; NUCLEATION; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 84941758607     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-10263-2015     Document Type: Article

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