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Unraveling ice multiplication in winter orographic clouds via in-situ observations, remote sensing and modeling

Paraskevi Georgakaki1, Anne-Claire Billault-Roux2, Romanos Foskinis1,3,4,5

  • 1Laboratory of Atmospheric Processes and their Impacts (LAPI), School of Architecture, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.

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