On the onset of the ice phase in boundary layer Arctic clouds

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 19, 2009, Pages

  Gayet, Jean François ^a   Treffeisen, Renate ^b   Helbig, Alfred ^c   Bareiss, Jörg ^c   Matsuki, Atsushi ^d   Herber, Andreas ^b   Schwarzenboeck, Alfons ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^d KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; COALESCENCE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DROP FORMATION; FREEZING; SUPERCOOLING;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; AIR MASS; AIRBORNE MEASUREMENTS; ARCTIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ARCTIC CLOUDS; BACK TRAJECTORIES; CLEAN AIR; CLOUD DROPLETS; CLOUD LAYERS; CLOUD PROPERTIES; CLOUD-TOP TEMPERATURES; COLD FRONT; ICE CONCENTRATION; ICE CRYSTALS; ICE PARTICLES; ICE PHASE; LARGE EFFECTIVE; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; OBSERVATION AREA; SPITSBERGEN; STRATIFORM CLOUDS;

ICE;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD DROPLET; COLD FRONT; DRIZZLE; ICE CRYSTAL; MICROSTRUCTURE; STRATIFORM CLOUD; STRATOCUMULUS; TRAJECTORY;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 72049088019     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011348     Document Type: Article

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