In situ measurements of tropical cloud properties in the West African Monsoon: Upper tropospheric ice clouds, mesoscale convective system outflow, and subvisual cirrus

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 5569-5590

  Frey, W ^a   Borrmann, S ^a,b   Kunkel, D ^a   Weigel, R ^b   De Reus, M ^c   Schlager, H ^d   Roiger, A ^d   Voigt, C ^b,d   Hoor, P ^b   Curtius, J ^e   Kramer M ^f   Schiller, C ^f   Volk, C M ^g   Homan, C D ^g,n   Fierli, F ^h   Di Donfrancesco, G ⁱ   Ulanovsky, A ^j   Ravegnani, F ^h   Sitnikov, N M ^j   Viciani, S ^k   D'Amato, F ^k   Shur, G N ^j   Belyaev, G V ^l   Law, K S ^m   Cairo, F ^h   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c ELEMENTAR ANALYSENSYSTEME GMBH   (Germany)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^h CNR   (Italy)

ⁱ Ente Nazionale per le Nuove Tecnologie l'Energia e l'Ambiente   (Italy)

^j CENTRAL AEROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

^k ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

^l Myasishchev Design Bureau   (Russian Federation)

^m SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

ⁿ ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CIRRUS; CLOUD; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ICE CRYSTAL; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 80053380482     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-5569-2011     Document Type: Article

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