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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6601-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6601-2019
Research article
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13 Dec 2019
Research article |  | 13 Dec 2019

Ice crystal number concentration from lidar, cloud radar and radar wind profiler measurements

Johannes Bühl, Patric Seifert, Martin Radenz, Holger Baars, and Albert Ansmann

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In the present paper, we present a novel remote-sensing technique for the measurement of ice crystal number concentrations in clouds. The fall velocity of ice crystals measured with values from cloud radar and a radar wind profiler is used in order to derive information about ice crystal size and number concentration. In contrast to existing methods based on the combination of lidar and cloud radar, the present method can also be used in optically thick clouds.