Mesoscopic surface roughness of ice crystals pervasive across a wide range of ice crystal conditions

Magee, N. B.; Miller, A.; Amaral, M.; Cumiskey, A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-12357-2014

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-12357-2014

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-12357-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 22

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25 Nov 2014

Research article |

| 25 Nov 2014

Mesoscopic surface roughness of ice crystals pervasive across a wide range of ice crystal conditions

N. B. Magee, A. Miller, M. Amaral, and A. Cumiskey

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SC C2386: 'Re: some suggestions to improve the manuscript', Bryan Baum, 14 May 2014
- AC C6130: 'Reply to C2386', Nathan Magee, 22 Aug 2014
RC C3386: 'Review of Magee et al.', Benjamin Murray, 10 Jun 2014
- AC C6152: 'Reply to reviewer comment C3386', Nathan Magee, 23 Aug 2014
RC C4311: 'Review of "Mesoscopic surface roughness of ice crystals..." by Magee et al.', Jerry Harrington, 01 Jul 2014
RC C4758: 'Referee comments on "Mesoscopic surface roughness of ice crystals pervasive across a wide range of ice crystal conditions" by magee et al.', Alexei Kiselev, 12 Jul 2014

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High-resolution images of ice crystals acquired by environmental scanning electron microscope reveal a wide array of surface complexities at scales from 100 nm to greater than 10 microns. These observations include ice crystals grown in the low-pressure microscope chamber and crystals grown externally under cirrus cloud conditions and then transferred for imaging. The results suggest that accounting for microscale complexity is critical for understanding cirrus interactions with radiation.