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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-3049-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-3049-2021
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27 Apr 2021
Research article |  | 27 Apr 2021

PHIPS-HALO: the airborne Particle Habit Imaging and Polar Scattering probe – Part 3: Single-particle phase discrimination and particle size distribution based on the angular-scattering function

Fritz Waitz, Martin Schnaiter, Thomas Leisner, and Emma Järvinen

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A major challenge in the observations of mixed-phase clouds remains the phase discrimination and sizing of cloud droplets and ice crystals, especially for particles with diameters smaller than 0.1 mm. Here, we present a new method to derive the phase and size of single cloud particles using their angular-light-scattering information. Comparisons with other in situ instruments in three case studies show good agreement.
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