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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-2639-2014
© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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14 Mar 2014
Research article |
| 14 Mar 2014
Cloud-scale ice-supersaturated regions spatially correlate with high water vapor heterogeneities
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, New Jersey 08544, USA
Center for Mid-Infrared Technologies for Health and the Environment, Princeton University, New Jersey 08544, USA
now at: Advanced Study Program/Earth Observing Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado 80307, USA
M. A. Zondlo
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, New Jersey 08544, USA
Center for Mid-Infrared Technologies for Health and the Environment, Princeton University, New Jersey 08544, USA
A. J. Heymsfield
Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado 80301, USA
L. M. Avallone
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado, Colorado, USA
M. E. Paige
Southwest Sciences, Inc., Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505, USA
S. P. Beaton
Earth Observing Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Broomfield, Colorado 80021, USA
T. Campos
Atmospheric Chemistry Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado 80301, USA
D. C. Rogers
Earth Observing Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Broomfield, Colorado 80021, USA
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