Properties of small cirrus ice crystals from commercial aircraft measurements and implications for flight operations

Properties of small cirrus ice crystals from commercial aircraft measurements and implications for flight operations

Measurements of cloud ice crystal size distributions have been made by a backscatter cloud probe (BCP) mounted on five commercial airliners flying international routes that cross five continents. Bulk cloud parameters were also derived from the size distributions. As of 31 December 2014, a total of...

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Main Authors: Karl Beswick, Darrel Baumgardner, Martin Gallagher, Graciela B. Raga, Patrick Minnis, Douglas A. Spangenberg, Andreas Volz-Thomas, Philippe Nedelec, Kuo-Ying Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2015-10-01
Series:Tellus: Series A, Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography
Subjects:
cirrus clouds
optical particle spectrometer
IAGOS
Online Access:http://www.tellusb.net/index.php/tellusb/article/view/27876/pdf_45

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