In situ observations of a reduction in effective crystal diameter in cirrus clouds near flight corridors | Zendy

Kristensson A. | Zendy; Gayet J. F. | Zendy; Ström J. | Zendy; Auriol F. | Zendy

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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.

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