Evaluation of ARM tethered-balloon system instrumentation  for supercooled liquid water and distributed temperature  sensing in mixed-phase Arctic clouds

Dexheimer, Darielle; Airey, Martin; Roesler, Erika; Longbottom, Casey; Nicoll, Keri; Kneifel, Stefan; Mei, Fan; Harrison, R. Giles; Marlton, Graeme; Williams, Paul D.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6845-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6845-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6845-2019

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

Articles | Volume 12, issue 12

Research article

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20 Dec 2019

Research article |

| 20 Dec 2019

Evaluation of ARM tethered-balloon system instrumentation for supercooled liquid water and distributed temperature sensing in mixed-phase Arctic clouds

Darielle Dexheimer, Martin Airey, Erika Roesler, Casey Longbottom, Keri Nicoll, Stefan Kneifel, Fan Mei, R. Giles Harrison, Graeme Marlton, and Paul D. Williams

Data sets

Tethered Balloon System (TBSIMET) D. Dexheimer and E. Cromwell https://doi.org/10.5439/1426242

Tethered Balloon System (TBSSLWC) D. Dexheimer and Y. Shi https://doi.org/10.5439/1246826

Balloon-Borne Sounding System (SONDEWNPN) R. Coulter, D. Holdridge, and J. Kyrouac https://doi.org/10.5439/1021460

Microwave Radiometer, 3 Channel (MWR3C) M. Cadeddu and V. Ghate https://doi.org/10.5439/1025248

Doppler Lidar Profiles (DLPROFWIND4NEWS) L. Riihimaki, R. Newsom, and T. Shippert https://doi.org/10.5439/1190027

Ceilometer (CEIL) K. Johnson, S. Giangrande, and T. Toto https://doi.org/10.5439/1181954

Active Remote Sensing of CLouds (ARSCL) product using Ka-band ARM Zenith Radars (ARSCLKAZR1KOLLIAS) K. Johnson, S. Giangrande, and T. Toto https://doi.org/10.5439/1350629

Ka ARM Zenith Radar (KAZRGE). 2015-10-15 to 2018-10-01 A. Matthews, B. Isom, D. Nelson, I. Lindenmaier, J. Hardin, K. Johnson, and N. Bharadwaj https://doi.org/10.5439/1025214

Short summary

A tethered-balloon system deployed supercooled liquid water content sondes and fiber optic distributed temperature sensing to collect in situ atmospheric measurements within mixed-phase Arctic clouds. These data were validated against collocated surface-based and remote sensing datasets. From these measurements and sensor evaluations, tethered-balloon flights are shown to offer an effective method of collecting data to inform numerical models and calibrate remote sensing instrumentation.