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  1. Gierens, K., U. Schumann, M. Helten, H.G.J. Smit, A. Marenco, 1999: A distribution law for relative humidity in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere derived from three years of MOZAIC measurements. Ann. Geophys. 17, 1218-1226. (pdf) (© EGU)
  2. Gierens, K., P. Spichtinger, 2000: On the size distribution of ice-supersaturated regions in the upper troposphere and lowermost stratosphere. Ann. Geophys. 18, 499-504. (pdf) (© EGU)
  3. Gierens, K., U. Schumann, M. Helten, H. Smit, P.H. Wang, 2000: Ice-supersaturated regions and sub visible cirrus in the northern midlatitude upper troposphere. J. Geophys. Res. 105, 22743-22754.
  4. Gierens, K., S. Brinkop, 2002: An exchange model for ice-supersaturated regions. Theor. Appl. Climatol. 71, 129-140.
  5. Spichtinger, P., K. Gierens, W. Read, 2002: The statistical distribution law of relative humidity in the global tropopause region. Meteorol. Z. 11, 83-88. (One-page summary under http://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/joe/SpichtingerEtal_2002_summary.pdf)
  6. Spichtinger, P., K. Gierens, U. Leiterer, H. Dier, 2003: Ice supersaturation in the tropopause region over Lindenberg, Germany. Meteorol. Z., 12, 143-156. (pdf)
  7. Spichtinger, P., K. Gierens, W. Read, 2003: The global distribution of ice-supersaturated regions as seen by the microwave limb sounder. Q.J.R.M.S., 129, 3391-3410.
  8. Gierens, K., R. Kohlhepp, P. Spichtinger, M. Schroedter-Homscheidt, 2004: Ice supersaturation as seen from TOVS. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 4, 539-547. ( http://www.copernicus.org/EGU/acp/acp/4/539/acp-4-539.pdf ).
  9. Spichtinger, P., K. Gierens, H.G.J. Smit, J. Ovarlez, J.-F. Gayet, 2004: On the distribution of relative humidity in cirrus clouds. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 4, 639-647. ( http://www.copernicus.org/EGU/acp/acp/4/639/acp-4-639.pdf)
  10. Gierens, K., P. Spichtinger, 2004: Comment on "The impact of temperature errors on perceived humidity supersaturation" by S.A. Buehler and N. Courcoux. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L02113, doi:10.1029/2003GL018695. (pdf)(© 2003 AGU)
  11. Gierens, K., R. Kohlhepp, P. Spichtinger, M. Schroedter-Homscheidt, 2004: Ice supersaturation as seen from TOVS. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 4, 539-547. ( http://www.copernicus.org/EGU/acp/acp/4/539/acp-4-539.pdf )
  12. Spichtinger, P., K. Gierens, H.G.J. Smit, J. Ovarlez, J.-F. Gayet, 2004: On the distribution of relative humidity in cirrus clouds. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 4, 639-647. ( http://www.copernicus.org/EGU/acp/acp/4/639/acp-4-639_p.pdf)
  13. Spichtinger, P., K. Gierens, H. Wernli, 2005: A case study on the formation and evolution of ice supersaturation in the vicinity of a warm conveyor belt's outflow region. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 5, 973-987. (http://www.copernicus.org/EGU/acp/acp/5/973/acp-5-973.pdf)
  14. Spichtinger, P., K. Gierens, A. Dörnbrack, 2005: Formation of ice supersaturation by mesoscale gravity waves. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 5, 1243-1255. (http://www.copernicus.org/EGU/acp/acp/5/1243/acp-5-1243.pdf)

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Gierens, K., U. Schumann, 2004: Ice-supersaturation in the upper troposphere.
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