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Modelling of cirrus clouds – Part 1b: Structuring cirrus clouds by dynamics
P. Spichtinger
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
K. M. Gierens
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
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