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@ARTICLE{Spichtinger:42870,
author = {Spichtinger, P. and Gierens, K. and Smit, H. G. J. and
Ovarlez, J. and Gayet, J. F.},
title = {{O}n the distribution of relative humidity in cirrus
clouds},
journal = {Atmospheric chemistry and physics},
volume = {4},
issn = {1680-7316},
address = {Katlenburg-Lindau},
publisher = {EGU},
reportid = {PreJuSER-42870},
pages = {639 - 647},
year = {2004},
note = {Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012},
abstract = {We have analysed relative humidity statistics from
measurements in cirrus clouds taken unintentionally during
the Measurement of OZone by Airbus In-service airCraft
project (MOZAIC). The shapes of the in-cloud humidity
distributions change from nearly symmetric in relatively
warm cirrus (warmer than -40degreesC) to considerably
positively skew (i.e. towards high humidities) in colder
clouds. These results are in agreement to findings obtained
recently from the IN-terhemispheric differences in Cirrus
properties from Anthropogenic emissions (INCA) campaign
(Ovarlez et al., 2002). We interprete the temperature
dependence of the shapes of the humidity distributions as an
effect of the length of time a cirrus cloud needs from
formation to a mature equilibrium stage, where the humidity
is close to saturation. The duration of this transitional
period increases with decreasing temperature. Hence cold
cirrus clouds are more often met in the transitional stage
than warm clouds.},
keywords = {J (WoSType)},
cin = {ICG-II},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)VDB48},
pnm = {Chemie und Dynamik der Geo-Biosphäre},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK257},
shelfmark = {Meteorology $\&$ Atmospheric Sciences},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000220871000002},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/42870},
}