Sentences with phrase «cirrus ice particle»
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In high cirrus clouds, which consist purely of ice crystals, the researchers, however, came across a surprisingly strong reaction to laser irradiation: As described in PNAS, the laser pulses increase the number of ice particles by up to a factor of 100 within only a few seconds.
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Jackson, R.C., G.M. McFarquhar, A. Fridlind, and R. Atlas, 2015: The dependence of cirrus gamma size distributions expressed as volumes in N0 - λ - μ phase space and bulk cloud properties on environmental conditions: Results from Small Ice Particles in Cirrus Experiment (SPARTICUS).
Particle probe measurements in the cirrus clouds are used to compute ice water content and radar reflectivity averages in short time periods (25 — 30 s).
Macke, A., P.N. Francis, G.M. McFarquhar, and S. Kinne, 1998: The role of ice particle shapes and size distributions in the single scattering properties of cirrus clouds.
In high clouds, such as cirrus, cirrostratus, and deep convective clouds, there is some evidence that dust particles over wetter regions south of the desert provide surfaces for ice crystals to form around.