Calibration of a photometric cloud condensation nucleus counter designed for deployment on a balloon package

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 459-467

  Delene, David J ^a,b,c   Deshler, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLOON OBSERVATION; CALIBRATION; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EID: 0034091236     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2000)017<0459:COAPCC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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