First correlated measurements of the shape and light scattering properties of cloud particles using the new Particle Habit Imaging and Polar Scattering (PHIPS) probe

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2125-2142

  Abdelmonem, A ^a   Schnaiter, M ^a   Amsler, P ^b   Hesse, E ^c   Meyer, J ^d   Leisner, T ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; CALIBRATION; CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; ICE CRYSTAL; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; SENSOR; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84869022013     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-2125-2011     Document Type: Article

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