Articles | Volume 11, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3645-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3645-2018
Research article
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25 Jun 2018
Research article |  | 25 Jun 2018

Laboratory and in-flight evaluation of measurement uncertainties from a commercial Cloud Droplet Probe (CDP)

Spencer Faber, Jeffrey R. French, and Robert Jackson

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Laboratory and in-flight evaluations of uncertainties of measurements from a cloud droplet probe are presented. This study extends results of earlier studies by examining instrument response over a greater range of droplet sizes throughout the entire sample volume. Errors in droplet sizing based on the laboratory measurements tend to be less than 10 %, significantly less than typically quoted sizing accuracy for this class of instrument.