Microphysical properties and fall speed measurements of snow ice crystals using the  Dual Ice Crystal Imager (D-ICI)

Kuhn, Thomas; Vázquez-Martín, Sandra

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-1273-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-1273-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-1273-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 3

Research article

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16 Mar 2020

Research article |

| 16 Mar 2020

Microphysical properties and fall speed measurements of snow ice crystals using the Dual Ice Crystal Imager (D-ICI)

Thomas Kuhn and Sandra Vázquez-Martín

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RC1: 'Reviewer Comments for: Microphysical properties and fall speed measurements of snow ice crystals using the Dual Ice Crystal Imager (D-ICI)', Kevin Hammonds, 03 Dec 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Referee Comment, RC1', Thomas Kuhn, 04 Feb 2020
RC2: 'Review of Kuhn and Vazquez-Martin', Timothy Garrett, 17 Dec 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Referee Comment, RC1', Thomas Kuhn, 04 Feb 2020

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AR by Thomas Kuhn on behalf of the Authors (04 Feb 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (07 Feb 2020) by Alexander Kokhanovsky

AR by Thomas Kuhn on behalf of the Authors (10 Feb 2020)

Short summary

Directly measured shape and fall speed are two important parameters needed for models and remote sensing. This can be done by the new Dual Ice Crystal Imager (D-ICI) instrument, which takes two high-resolution pictures of falling snow crystals from two different angles. Fall speed is measured by doubly exposing the side-view picture. Size and shape are determined from the second picture providing the top view of the snow crystal. D-ICI has been tested on the ground in Kiruna, northern Sweden.