Probing ice clouds by broadband mid-infrared extinction spectroscopy: Case studies from ice nucleation experiments in the AIDA aerosol and cloud chamber

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4775-4800

  Wagner, R ^a   Benz, S ^a   Monier O ^a   Saathoff, H ^a   Schurath, U ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BROADBAND DATA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ICE CRYSTAL; NUCLEATION; SPECTROSCOPY; SULFURIC ACID;

EID: 33746243547     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-6-4775-2006     Document Type: Review

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