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CONCENTRATIONS of ice particles in clouds, greatly in excess of those expected from ice nucleus measurements have been reported1,2. Most of these observations have been made, however, in cumulus or other complex cloud systems, which increases difficulties in interpretation. Here I describe measurements of high concentrations of ice crystals in a simple, non-convective cloud layer.
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HOBBS, P. High concentrations of ice particles in a layer cloud. Nature 251, 694–696 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/251694b0
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