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https://doi.org/10.1007/s00585-000-0499-7
© European Geosciences Union 2000
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00585-000-0499-7
© European Geosciences Union 2000
30 Apr 2000
30 Apr 2000
On the size distribution of ice-supersaturated regions in the upper troposphere and lowermost stratosphere
K. Gierens
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, D-82234 Weßling, Germany
E-mail: klaus.Gierens@dlr.de
Correspondence to: K. Gierens
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, D-82234 Weßling, Germany
E-mail: klaus.Gierens@dlr.de
Correspondence to: K. Gierens
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, D-82234 Weßling, Germany
E-mail: klaus.Gierens@dlr.de
Correspondence to: K. Gierens
P. Spichtinger
Present address: Mathematisches Institut der Universität, Augsburg, Germany
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, D-82234 Weßling, Germany
E-mail: klaus.Gierens@dlr.de
Correspondence to: K. Gierens
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