Particle backscatter and relative humidity measured across cirrus clouds and comparison with microphysical cirrus modelling

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 9135-9148

  Brabec, M ^a   Wienhold, F G ^a   Luo, B P ^a   VAmel H ^b   Immler, F ^b   Steiner, P ^c   Hausammann, E ^a   Weers, U ^a   Peter, T ^c  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BACKSCATTER; CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTITIONING; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SUPERSATURATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR; WIND;

BRANDENBURG [GERMANY]; GERMANY; LINDENBERG;

EID: 84867391518     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-9135-2012     Document Type: Article

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