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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3969-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3969-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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06 Jul 2018
Research article |
| 06 Jul 2018
| 06 Jul 2018
HOVERCAT: a novel aerial system for evaluation of aerosol–cloud interactions
Jessie M. Creamean
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Physical Sciences Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Katherine M. Primm
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Margaret A. Tolbert
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Emrys G. Hall
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Global Monitoring Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Jim Wendell
Global Monitoring Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Allen Jordan
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Global Monitoring Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Patrick J. Sheridan
Global Monitoring Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Jedediah Smith
Smith & Williamson, Corvallis, OR 97330, USA
Russell C. Schnell
Global Monitoring Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
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Short summary
A new balloon-borne system has been developed to measure the properties of aerosol particles that form cloud ice in the lower troposphere, called HOVERCAT (Honing On VERtical Cloud and Aerosol properTies). Test flights in Colorado demonstrated the utility of HOVERCAT for profiling these ice nucleating particles (INPs), where we found higher numbers of INPs from agricultural sources. Measurements by HOVERCAT can help improve understanding of how aerosols impact clouds in the atmosphere.
A new balloon-borne system has been developed to measure the properties of aerosol particles...
