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Articles | Volume 19, issue 18
Articles | Volume 19, issue 18
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-5989-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-5989-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 19, issue 18
Research article
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23 Sep 2026
Research article |  | 23 Sep 2026

A new balloon-borne system for measuring the vertical variability of aerosol optical properties using low-cost sensors

Michalina Broda, Olga Zawadzka-Mańko, Michał T. Chiliński, Katarzyna Nurowska, Szymon Kłapiński, Przemysław Makuch, and Krzysztof M. Markowicz

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This study shows that balloon-borne instruments with low-cost particle sensors can reliably measure how airborne particles are distributed with height in the atmosphere. The sensors were tested during field measurements in southeastern Poland which identified particle layers transported over long distances including wildfire smoke and desert dust. The results indicate that this approach can improve aerosol observations and support better representation of aerosol processes in atmospheric models.
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