The formation of cubic ice under conditions relevant to Earth's atmosphere

Nature

Volumn 434, Issue 7030, 2005, Pages 202-205

  Murray, Benjamin J ^a   Knopf, Daniel A ^a   Bertram, Allan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DEHYDRATION; HEAT TRANSFER; ICE; NUCLEATION; SOLUTIONS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

AQUEOUS DROPLETS; CUBIC ICE; HEAT TRANSFER CALCULATIONS; TROPOPAUSE REGION;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

CUBIC ICE; ICE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ICE CRYSTAL;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CLOUD; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENT; FREEZING; LOW TEMPERATURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 15244352511     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03403     Document Type: Article

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