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16 Apr 2004
On the distribution of relative humidity in cirrus clouds
P. Spichtinger
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
K. Gierens
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
H. G. J. Smit
Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institut für Chemie und Dynamik der Geosphäre (ICG-II: Troposphäre), Jülich, Germany
J. Ovarlez
Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique du CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
J.-F. Gayet
Laboratoire de Météorologie Physique, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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