Ice crystals at cloud top of Arctic mixed-phase clouds
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Evidence of ice crystals at cloud top of Arctic boundary-layer mixed-phase clouds derived from airborne remote sensing A. Ehrlich, M. Wendisch, E. Bierwirth, J.-F. Gayet, G. Mioche, A. Lampert, and B. Mayer Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Mainz, Germany Lab. for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado, Boulder, USA Lab. de Météorologie Physique (LAMP), Université Blaise Pascal, Aubière Cedex, France
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