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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-7171-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-7171-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
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11 May 2021
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Captured cirrus ice particles in high definition
Nathan Magee
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Physics, The College of New Jersey (TCNJ), Ewing, New Jersey, USA
Katie Boaggio
ORISE at US Environmental Protection Agency, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Samantha Staskiewicz
Department of Meteorology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
Aaron Lynn
Department of Physics, The College of New Jersey (TCNJ), Ewing, New Jersey, USA
Xuanyi Zhao
Department of Physics, The College of New Jersey (TCNJ), Ewing, New Jersey, USA
Nicholas Tusay
Department of Physics, The College of New Jersey (TCNJ), Ewing, New Jersey, USA
Terance Schuh
Department of Physics, The College of New Jersey (TCNJ), Ewing, New Jersey, USA
Manisha Bandamede
Ross University School of Medicine, Miramar, Florida, USA
Lucas Bancroft
Universal Display Corporation, Ewing, New Jersey, USA
David Connelly
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Kevin Hurler
Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Bryan Miner
Department of Physics, The College of New Jersey (TCNJ), Ewing, New Jersey, USA
Elissa Khoudary
Department of Physics, The College of New Jersey (TCNJ), Ewing, New Jersey, USA
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- Evidence for sub-wavelength-scale ice crystal surface roughness from single-particle light-scattering measurements F. Schnaiter & E. Järvinen
- Low and consistent asymmetry parameters in Arctic and mid-latitude cirrus E. Järvinen & F. Schnaiter
- Theoretical Calculations of Directional Scattering Intensities of Small Nonspherical Ice Crystals: Implications for Forward Scattering Probes S. Jang et al.
- Re-evaluating cloud chamber constraints on depositional ice growth in cirrus clouds – Part 1: Model description and sensitivity tests K. Lamb et al.
- A lightweight holographic imager for cloud microphysical studies from an untethered balloon T. Chambers et al.
- The diurnal cycle and temperature dependence of crystal shapes in ice clouds from satellite lidar polarized measurements V. Noel et al.
- Improved calculation of single-scattering properties of frozen droplets and frozen-droplet aggregates observed in deep convective clouds J. Kim et al.
- Progress and Environmental Research Applications of Cryo-Electron Microscopy★ Y. Yang et al.
- Quantifying Uncertainty in Ice Particle Velocity–Dimension Relationships Using MC3E Observations A. Dzambo et al.
- Effect of Polygonal Agglomerated Ice Crystals on Laser Scattering S. Ren et al.
- Arctic Cloud‐Base Ice Precipitation Properties Retrieved Using Bayesian Inference I. Silber
- Exploration of coherent backscattering mechanisms for nonspherical particles in geometric optics regime M. Saito et al.
- Ice crystal characterization in cirrus clouds III: retrieval of ice crystal shape and roughness from observations of halo displays L. Forster & B. Mayer
- Monte Carlo simulation of halos in the crystal clouds Q. Mu et al.
- Generalization of Atmospheric Nonspherical Particle Size: Interconversions of Size Distributions and Optical Equivalence M. Saito & P. Yang
- Quantifying the Impact of the Surface Roughness of Hexagonal Ice Crystals on Backscattering Properties for Lidar‐Based Remote Sensing Applications M. Saito & P. Yang
- 不同空间取向冰晶粒子的光散射 任. REN Shenhe et al.
- Single-scattering characteristics of melting ice crystal particles in the millimeter-wave band X. Zhang 张 et al.
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Short summary
The cryo-electron microscopy images and analysis in this paper result from the first balloon-borne capture, preservation, and high-resolution imaging of ice particles from cirrus clouds. The images show cirrus particle complexity in unprecedented detail, revealing unexpected morphology, a mixture of surface roughness scales and patterns, embedded aerosols, and a large variety of habits within a single cloud. The results should inform ongoing efforts to refine modeling of cirrus radiative impact.
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