Highly Supercooled Cirrus Cloud Water: Confirmation and Climatic Implications
- 25 January 1985
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 227 (4685) , 411-413
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.227.4685.411
Abstract
Liquid cloud droplets supercooled to temperatures approaching -40°C have been detected at the base of a cirrostratus cloud through a combination of ground-based, polarization laser radar (lidar) and in situ aircraft measurements, Solar and thermal infrared radiative budget calculations based on these observatoins indicate that significant changes in the atmospheric heating distribution and the surface radiative budget may be attributed to liquid layers in cirrus clouds.Keywords
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