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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-1973-2014
© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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20 Feb 2014
Research article |
| 20 Feb 2014
Ice particles in the upper anvil regions of midlatitude continental thunderstorms: the case for frozen-drop aggregates
J. L. Stith
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA
L. M. Avallone
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado, USA
now at: National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia, USA
A. Bansemer
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA
B. Basarab
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
S. W. Dorsi
CIRES, University of Colorado and NOAA-ESRL, Boulder, Colorado, USA
B. Fuchs
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
R. P. Lawson
SPEC Incorporated, Boulder, Colorado, USA
D. C. Rogers
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA
S. Rutledge
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
D. W. Toohey
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado, USA
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