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Research article
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27 Sep 2018
Research article |
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| 27 Sep 2018
Surface roughness during depositional growth and sublimation of ice crystals
Jens Voigtländer
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Cedric Chou
School of Physics Astronomy and Mathematics, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, AL10 9AB, UK
Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Henner Bieligk
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Tina Clauss
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
DBFZ – Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum, Torgauer Str. 116, 04347 Leipzig, Germany
Susan Hartmann
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Paul Herenz
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Dennis Niedermeier
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Georg Ritter
School of Physics Astronomy and Mathematics, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, AL10 9AB, UK
Frank Stratmann
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Zbigniew Ulanowski
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School of Physics Astronomy and Mathematics, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, AL10 9AB, UK
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This research highlights the detection of charged Saharan dust in Greece and provides indications of charge separation in the plumes through the first-ever co-located ground electric field measurements and sophisticated lidar observations. We provide a robust methodology for the extraction of a fair-weather proxy field used to assess the effect of lofted dust particles to the electric field and insert a realistic modelling aspect to the charge accumulation areas within electrically active dust.
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Surface roughness of ice crystals has recently been acknowledged to strongly influence the radiative properties of cold clouds such as cirrus, but it is unclear how this roughness arises. The study investigates the origins of ice surface roughness under a variety of atmospherically relevant conditions, using a novel method to measure roughness quantitatively. It is found that faster growth leads to stronger roughness. Roughness also increases following repeated growth–sublimation cycles.
Surface roughness of ice crystals has recently been acknowledged to strongly influence the...
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