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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-3933-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-3933-2015
Research article
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15 Apr 2015
Research article |  | 15 Apr 2015

Dimensions and aspect ratios of natural ice crystals

J. Um, G. M. McFarquhar, Y. P. Hong, S.-S. Lee, C. H. Jung, R. P. Lawson, and Q. Mo

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Dimensions of ice crystals increased with an increase in temperature and the L-W relationships of crystals with a given L depended heavily on temperature, whereas the aspect ratio depended only weakly on temperature. The relative frequency of occurrence of plates was much larger in anvil clouds compared to that of columnar crystals (i.e., columns and bullet rosettes), whereas the relative occurrence frequency of columnar crystals was much larger in non-anvil clouds.
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