On homogeneous ice formation in liquid clouds

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 142, Issue 696, 2016, Pages 1320-1334

  Karcher B ^a   Seifert, A ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cloud physics; Convective outflow; Glaciation; Homogeneous freezing

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; DROPS; FREEZING; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE CONTROL; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SUPERCOOLING;

CLOUD DROPLET NUMBER; CLOUD PHYSICS; CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW; FREEZING TEMPERATURES; GLACIATION; LIQUID WATER CONTENT; SMALL SCALE VARIABILITY; VERTICAL RESOLUTION;

ICE;

CIRRUS; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; FREEZING; GLACIATION; ICE CRYSTAL; OUTFLOW;

EID: 84964868762     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2735     Document Type: Article

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