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            https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-5853-2011
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                    © Author(s) 2011. This work is distributed under 
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Thin and subvisible cirrus and contrails in a subsaturated environment
M. Kübbeler
                                            Forschungszentrum Jülich, Inst. for Energy and Climate Research, IEK-7, Jülich, Germany
                                        
                                    
                                            now at: ETH Zürich, Inst.  Atmos. & Climate, Zürich,  Switzerland
                                        
                                    M. Hildebrandt
                                            Forschungszentrum Jülich, Inst. for Energy and Climate Research, IEK-7, Jülich, Germany
                                        
                                    
                                            now at: IUTA, Air Quality Dep., Duisburg, Germany
                                        
                                    J. Meyer
                                            Forschungszentrum Jülich, Inst. for Energy and Climate Research, IEK-7, Jülich, Germany
                                        
                                    C. Schiller
                                            Forschungszentrum Jülich, Inst. for Energy and Climate Research, IEK-7, Jülich, Germany
                                        
                                    Th. Hamburger
                                            DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Inst.  Atmos. Physics, Weßling, Germany
                                        
                                    T. Jurkat
                                            DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Inst.  Atmos. Physics, Weßling, Germany
                                        
                                    A. Minikin
                                            DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Inst.  Atmos. Physics, Weßling, Germany
                                        
                                    A. Petzold
                                            DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Inst.  Atmos. Physics, Weßling, Germany
                                        
                                    M. Rautenhaus
                                            DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Inst.  Atmos. Physics, Weßling, Germany
                                        
                                    H. Schlager
                                            DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Inst.  Atmos. Physics, Weßling, Germany
                                        
                                    U. Schumann
                                            DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Inst.  Atmos. Physics, Weßling, Germany
                                        
                                    C. Voigt
                                            DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Inst.  Atmos. Physics, Weßling, Germany
                                        
                                    
                                            Univ. Mainz, Inst.  Atmos. Physics, Mainz, Germany
                                        
                                    P. Spichtinger
                                            Univ. Mainz, Inst.  Atmos. Physics, Mainz, Germany
                                        
                                    J.-F. Gayet
                                            Univ. Blaise Pascal, LaMP, Clermont-Ferrand, France
                                        
                                    C. Gourbeyre
                                            Univ. Blaise Pascal, LaMP, Clermont-Ferrand, France
                                        
                                    M. Krämer
                                            Forschungszentrum Jülich, Inst. for Energy and Climate Research, IEK-7, Jülich, Germany
                                        
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