Prevalence of ice-supersaturated regions in the upper troposphere: Implications for optically thin ice cloud formation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D15, 2001, Pages 17253-17266

  Jensen, Eric J ^a   Toon, Owen B ^b   Vay, Stephanie A ^c   Ovarlez, Joëlle ^d   May, Randy ^e,f   Bui, T P ^a   Twohy, Cynthia H ^g,h   Gandrud, Bruce W ^g   Pueschel, Rudolf F ^a   Schumann, Ulrich ⁱ  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f SpectraSensors Inc   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^h OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRRUS; ICE CRYSTAL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SUPERSATURATION;

EID: 0034836288     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900526     Document Type: Article

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