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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5025-2018
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5025-2018
© 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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05 Sep 2018
Research article |
| 05 Sep 2018
| 05 Sep 2018
Development and characterization of a high-efficiency, aircraft-based axial cyclone cloud water collector
Ewan Crosbie
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23666, USA
Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Hampton, VA 23666, USA
Matthew D. Brown
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23666, USA
Universities Space Research Association, Columbia, MD 21046, USA
Michael Shook
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23666, USA
Luke Ziemba
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23666, USA
Richard H. Moore
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23666, USA
Taylor Shingler
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23666, USA
Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Hampton, VA 23666, USA
Edward Winstead
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23666, USA
Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Hampton, VA 23666, USA
K. Lee Thornhill
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23666, USA
Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Hampton, VA 23666, USA
Claire Robinson
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23666, USA
Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Hampton, VA 23666, USA
Alexander B. MacDonald
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Hossein Dadashazar
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Armin Sorooshian
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Andreas Beyersdorf
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, San Bernardino, CA 92407, USA
Alexis Eugene
Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
Jeffrey Collett Jr.
Atmospheric Science Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
Derek Straub
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA 17870, USA
Bruce Anderson
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23666, USA
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Short summary
A new aircraft-mounted probe for collecting samples of cloud water has been designed, fabricated, and extensively tested. Cloud drop composition provides valuable insight into atmospheric processes, but separating liquid samples from the airstream in a controlled way at flight speeds has proven difficult. The features of the design have been analysed with detailed numerical flow simulations and the new probe has demonstrated improved efficiency and performance through extensive flight testing.
A new aircraft-mounted probe for collecting samples of cloud water has been designed,...
