Introduction

Some regions of cirrus clouds have abnormally low depolarization. In my RGB plots this corresponds to a reddish color inside the green cirrus.

Examples

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Theories

  • ice grow to the right size such that crystal flutter increases depolarization. However, at these temperatures the dominant ice crystal habits are in the columner regime.
  • Cubic ice?