Ice formation in ash-influenced clouds after the eruption of the Eyjafjallajkull volcano in April 2010

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 18, 2011, Pages

  Seifert, P ^a   Ansmann, A ^a   Gross S ^b,c   Freudenthaler, V ^b   Heinold, B ^a,d   Hiebsch, A ^a   Mattis, I ^a,e   Schmidt, J ^a   Schnell, F ^b   Tesche, M ^a,f   Wandinger, U ^a   Wiegner, M ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; OPTICAL RADAR; TROPOSPHERE; VOLCANOES;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CLOUD LAYERS; CLOUD-TOP TEMPERATURES; EARLINET; GERMANY; ICE FORMATIONS; ICE NUCLEATION; ICE NUCLEI; ICELANDICS; LEIPZIG; LIDAR OBSERVATION; LONG LASTING; MIXED-PHASE CLOUD; TROPOSPHERIC CLOUDS; VOLCANIC AEROSOLS; VOLCANIC ASH;

ICE;

ASH; CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; HETEROGENEITY; LIDAR; NUCLEATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLARIZATION; TROPOSPHERE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EYJAFJALLAJOKULL; GERMANY; ICELAND;

EID: 80052455426     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD015702     Document Type: Article

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