Low-temperature triple-capillary cryostat for ice crystal growth studies

Swanson, Brian D.; Nelson, Jon

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6143-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6143-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6143-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 11

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25 Nov 2019

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Low-temperature triple-capillary cryostat for ice crystal growth studies

Brian D. Swanson and Jon Nelson

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Final revised paper (published on 25 Nov 2019)
Preprint (discussion started on 11 Jun 2019)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Aug 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Referee 1', brian swanson, 26 Sep 2019
RC2: 'AMT manuscript 2019-137', Anonymous Referee #3, 16 Aug 2019
- AC2: 'Response to Referee 3', brian swanson, 26 Sep 2019
RC3: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Aug 2019
- AC3: 'Response to Referee 2', brian swanson, 26 Sep 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Anna Wenzel on behalf of the Authors (30 Sep 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (06 Oct 2019) by Murray Hamilton

AR by brian swanson on behalf of the Authors (13 Oct 2019) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

We have built a triple-capillary cryostat designed to reduce potential instrumental effects that may have influenced earlier measurements and to improve our understanding of the processes responsible for ice crystal shapes and sizes. In this cryostat, a crystal forms on one of three well-separated and ultrafine capillaries. In this paper we describe the new instrument and present several observations made using the instrument to illustrate the instrument's advantages.