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In situ observations of a reduction in effective crystal diameter in cirrus clouds near flight corridors
Author(s) -
Kristensson A.,
Gayet J. F.,
Ström J.,
Auriol F.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/1999gl010934
Subject(s) - cirrus , crystal (programming language) , environmental science , in situ , reduction (mathematics) , atmospheric sciences , materials science , ice crystals , remote sensing , meteorology , physics , geography , geometry , computer science , mathematics , programming language
Measurements of the crystal size distribution performed over Southern Germany show that the effective diameter decrease 10–30% in cirrus clouds perturbed by aircraft. The reduction is more pronounced at higher cloud water content and is not observed at temperatures warmer than −30°C.