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Research article
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23 May 2014
Research article |
| 23 May 2014
The backscatter cloud probe – a compact low-profile autonomous optical spectrometer
K. Beswick
University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
D. Baumgardner
Droplet Measurement Technologies, Boulder, CO, USA
M. Gallagher
University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
A. Volz-Thomas
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institut für Energie und Klimaforschung 8: Troposphäre, 24525 Juelich, Germany
P. Nedelec
CNRS Laboratoire d'Aérologie, Univerity of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
K.-Y. Wang
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan
S. Lance
Earth System Research Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
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