Incidence of rough and irregular atmospheric ice particles from Small Ice Detector 3 measurements

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1649-1662

  Ulanowski, Z ^a   Kaye, P H ^a   Hirst, E ^a   Greenaway, R S ^a   Cotton, R J ^b   Hesse, E ^a   Collier, C T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84894088628     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-1649-2014     Document Type: Article

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