Tropical tropopause ice clouds: A dynamic approach to the mystery of low crystal numbers

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 9801-9818

  Spichtinger, P ^a   Kramer M ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRYSTAL PROPERTY; FREEZING; GRAVITY WAVE; ICE COVER; ICE CRYSTAL; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NUCLEATION; SUPERSATURATION; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 84885152913     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-9801-2013     Document Type: Article

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