Investigation of the effective peak supersaturation for liquid-phase clouds at the high-alpine site Jungfraujoch, Switzerland (3580 m a.s.l.)

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1123-1139

  Hammer, E ^a   Bukowiecki, N ^a   Gysel, M ^a   Juranyi Z ^a,d   Hoyle, C R ^a,c   Vogt, R ^b   Baltensperger, U ^a   Weingartner, E ^a,d  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CUMULUS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUPERSATURATION;

BERN [SWITZERLAND]; JUNGFRAUJOCH; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84893311414     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-1123-2014     Document Type: Article

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