Measurements of the vapor pressure of cubic ice and their implications for atmospheric ice clouds

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 2006, Pages

  Shilling, J E ^a,b   Tolbert, M A ^a   Toon, O B ^a   Jensen, E J ^c   Murray, B J ^d,e   Bertram, A K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GEOPHYSICS; ICE; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

ATMOSPHERIC ICE CLOUDS; COLD CIRRUS; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; SUPERSATURATIONS;

VAPOR PRESSURE;

CIRRUS; CLOUD WATER; ICE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SUPERSATURATION; VAPOR PRESSURE;

EID: 33845716428     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026671     Document Type: Article

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