A balloon-borne continuous cloud particle replicator for measuring vertical profiles, of cloud microphysical properties: Instrument design, performance, and collection efficiency analysis

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 753-768

  Miloshevich, Larry M ^a   Heymsfield, Andrew J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0000510234     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1997)014<0753:ABBCCP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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