Articles | Volume 14, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-899-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-899-2014
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27 Jan 2014
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Microphysical properties and high ice water content in continental and oceanic mesoscale convective systems and potential implications for commercial aircraft at flight altitude

J.-F. Gayet, V. Shcherbakov, L. Bugliaro, A. Protat, J. Delanoë, J. Pelon, and A. Garnier

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