Homogeneous ice nucleation
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Effect of gravity wave temperature fluctuations on homogeneous ice nucleation in the tropical tropopause layer T. Dinh, A. Podglajen, A. Hertzog, B. Legras, and R. Plougonven Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
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