Ice water content of Arctic, midlatitude, and tropical cirrus

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 24, 2008, Pages

  Schiller, C ^a   Kramer M ^a   Afchine, A ^a   Spelten, N ^a   Sitnikov, N ^b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b CENTRAL AEROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; ICE; TROPICS; WATER CONTENT;

AIRBORNE SENSING; CIRRUS; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA SET; ICE; WATER CONTENT;

ARCTIC;

EID: 62149130730     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010342     Document Type: Article

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