Observations and comparisons of cloud microphysical properties in spring and summertime Arctic stratocumulus clouds during the ACCACIA campaign

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 3719-3737

  Lloyd, G ^a   Choularton, T W ^a   Bower, K N ^a   Crosier, J ^a   Jones, H ^a   Dorsey, J R ^a   Gallagher, M W ^a   Connolly, P ^a   Kirchgaessner, A C R ^b   Lachlan Cope, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ICE CRYSTAL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPRING (SEASON); STRATOCUMULUS; SUMMER;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC;

EID: 84926442230     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-3719-2015     Document Type: Article

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