Articles | Volume 14, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-6835-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-6835-2014
Research article
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04 Jul 2014
Research article |  | 04 Jul 2014

Influence of heterogeneous freezing on the microphysical and radiative properties of orographic cirrus clouds

H. Joos, P. Spichtinger, P. Reutter, and F. Fusina

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