Dehydration in cold clouds is enhanced by a transition from cubic to hexagonal ice

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 2003, Pages

  Murphy, D M ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; DEHYDRATION; ICE; NUCLEATION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VAPOR PRESSURE; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE;

CUBIC ICE; ICE CRYSTALS; CLOUD MODELING; HEXAGONAL ICE; METASTABLE FORM; METASTABLE PHASE; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE; VAPOR PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL;

CLOUDS; ICE;

CLOUD; DEHYDRATION; ICE;

EID: 1542545760     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018566     Document Type: Article

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