A global climatology of upper-tropospheric ice supersaturation occurrence inferred from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder calibrated by MOZAIC

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 381-405

  Lamquin, N ^a   Stubenrauch, C J ^a   Gierens, K ^b   Burkhardt, U ^b   Smit, H ^c  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRRUS; CLIMATOLOGY; ICE; INFRARED IMAGERY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SUPERSATURATION; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84862892197     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-381-2012     Document Type: Article

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