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Cirrus Cloud Structure

Cirrus Cloud Structure is a meteorological construct that characterizes the physical and dynamic organization of high-altitude, ice-crystal-based cloud formations exhibiting fibrous or wispy morphologies, distinguished from other cloud structures by their tropospheric altitude, low optical density, and association with upper-level atmospheric stability or frontal systems.

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Landsat-8: Science and product vision for terrestrial global change research

David P. Roy, Michael A. Wulder, Thomas R. Loveland et al. · Remote Sensing of Environment · 2014 · 2.6K citations · Full text

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Influence of Cirrus Clouds on Weather and Climate Processes: A Global Perspective

Kuo‐Nan Liou · Monthly Weather Review · 1986 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Clarifying the Dominant Sources and Mechanisms of Cirrus Cloud Formation

Daniel J. Cziczo, K. D. Froyd, Corinna Hoose et al. · Science · 2013 · 723 citations

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Global distribution of cirrus clouds from CloudSat/Cloud‐Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) measurements

Kenneth Sassen, Zhien Wang, Dong Liu · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2008 · 674 citations · Full text

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Does the Earth Have an Adaptive Infrared Iris?

Richard S. Lindzen, Ming‐Dah Chou, Arthur Y. Hou · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · 2001 · 405 citations · Full text

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    Andrew J. Heymsfield

    NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, United States

    31 publications · 2.7K citations

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    Kenneth Sassen

    University of Utah, United States

    25 publications · 2.7K citations

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    E. J. Jensen

    Ames Research Center, United States

    19 publications · 2.5K citations

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    J. Ström

    Stockholm University, Sweden

    19 publications · 1.7K citations

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    David Oc. Starr

    Goddard Space Flight Center, United States

    15 publications · 988 citations

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  1. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    33 h-index

    91 publications

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  2. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    32 h-index

    90 publications

    21.4K citations

  3. Langley Research Center

    Hampton, United States

    30 h-index

    58 publications

    3.6K citations

  4. University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, United States

    27 h-index

    56 publications

    5.5K citations

  5. Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)

    Cologne, Germany

    26 h-index

    71 publications

    5.1K citations

  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    26 h-index

    95 publications

    5.3K citations

  7. Ames Research Center

    Mountain View, United States

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    43 publications

    3.7K citations

  8. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

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    45 publications

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  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 63 publications · 5K citations

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  2. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    56 publications · 4.8K citations

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  3. Atmospheric chemistry and physics

    51 publications · 2.9K citations

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  4. Geophysical Research Letters

    47 publications · 2.7K citations

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