Horizontal scales of ice-supersaturated regions

Peter Spichtinger; Martin Leschner

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v68.29020

Horizontal scales of ice-supersaturated regions

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 68 (2016): Issue 1

By: Peter Spichtinger and Martin Leschner

Open Access

|Jan 2016

Abstract

Ice-supersaturated regions (ISSRs) as seen from routine measurements onboard commercial long-distance aircrafts are investigated. We use data in the time interval 1995–1999 for investigating properties of ISSRs as pathlengths and distances between ISSRs. Additionally, the horizontal separation of ISSRs and the gradients of relative humidity over ice at the edges of ISSRs are evaluated. Here, we concentrate on the representation of large-scale features of ISSRs vs. small-scale variations. We additionally use idealised simulations for investigating the connection between small-scale relative humidity variations and variability on larger scales.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v68.29020 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Language: English

Page range: 29020 - 29020

Submitted on: Jun 30, 2015

Accepted on: Jan 21, 2016

Published on: Jan 1, 2016

Published by: Stockholm University Press

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

ice supersaturation,

multiple scales,

ice clouds

© 2016 Peter Spichtinger, Martin Leschner, published by Stockholm University Press
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