Ice nucleation in cirrus clouds: A model study of the homogeneous and heterogeneous modes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 521-524

  Sassen, K ^a   Benson, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRRUS; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; ICE CRYSTAL;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREEZING; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPOSPHERE;

AMMONIUM SULFATE HAZE PARTICLES; CIRRUS CLOUDS; HETEROGENEOUS FREEZING; ICE NUCLEATION;

CLOUDS;

EID: 0034353444     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL010883     Document Type: Article

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