Articles | Volume 7, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-3007-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-3007-2014
Research article
 | 
17 Sep 2014
Research article |  | 17 Sep 2014

A comparison of ice water content measurement techniques on the FAAM BAe-146 aircraft

S. J. Abel, R. J. Cotton, P. A. Barrett, and A. K. Vance

Related authors

Long-term airborne measurements of pollutants over the United Kingdom to support air quality model development and evaluation
Angela Mynard, Joss Kent, Eleanor R. Smith, Andy Wilson, Kirsty Wivell, Noel Nelson, Matthew Hort, James Bowles, David Tiddeman, Justin M. Langridge, Benjamin Drummond, and Steven J. Abel
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 16, 4229–4261, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-4229-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-4229-2023, 2023
Short summary
Intercomparison of airborne and surface-based measurements during the CLARIFY, ORACLES and LASIC field experiments
Paul A. Barrett, Steven J. Abel, Hugh Coe, Ian Crawford, Amie Dobracki, James Haywood, Steve Howell, Anthony Jones, Justin Langridge, Greg M. McFarquhar, Graeme J. Nott, Hannah Price, Jens Redemann, Yohei Shinozuka, Kate Szpek, Jonathan W. Taylor, Robert Wood, Huihui Wu, Paquita Zuidema, Stéphane Bauguitte, Ryan Bennett, Keith Bower, Hong Chen, Sabrina Cochrane, Michael Cotterell, Nicholas Davies, David Delene, Connor Flynn, Andrew Freedman, Steffen Freitag, Siddhant Gupta, David Noone, Timothy B. Onasch, James Podolske, Michael R. Poellot, Sebastian Schmidt, Stephen Springston, Arthur J. Sedlacek III, Jamie Trembath, Alan Vance, Maria A. Zawadowicz, and Jianhao Zhang
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 15, 6329–6371, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-6329-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-6329-2022, 2022
Short summary
Observation of absorbing aerosols above clouds over the south-east Atlantic Ocean from the geostationary satellite SEVIRI – Part 2: Comparison with MODIS and aircraft measurements from the CLARIFY-2017 field campaign
Fanny Peers, Peter Francis, Steven J. Abel, Paul A. Barrett, Keith N. Bower, Michael I. Cotterell, Ian Crawford, Nicholas W. Davies, Cathryn Fox, Stuart Fox, Justin M. Langridge, Kerry G. Meyer, Steven E. Platnick, Kate Szpek, and Jim M. Haywood
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 3235–3254, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-3235-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-3235-2021, 2021
Short summary
The CLoud–Aerosol–Radiation Interaction and Forcing: Year 2017 (CLARIFY-2017) measurement campaign
Jim M. Haywood, Steven J. Abel, Paul A. Barrett, Nicolas Bellouin, Alan Blyth, Keith N. Bower, Melissa Brooks, Ken Carslaw, Haochi Che, Hugh Coe, Michael I. Cotterell, Ian Crawford, Zhiqiang Cui, Nicholas Davies, Beth Dingley, Paul Field, Paola Formenti, Hamish Gordon, Martin de Graaf, Ross Herbert, Ben Johnson, Anthony C. Jones, Justin M. Langridge, Florent Malavelle, Daniel G. Partridge, Fanny Peers, Jens Redemann, Philip Stier, Kate Szpek, Jonathan W. Taylor, Duncan Watson-Parris, Robert Wood, Huihui Wu, and Paquita Zuidema
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 1049–1084, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-1049-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-1049-2021, 2021
Short summary
Vertical variability of the properties of highly aged biomass burning aerosol transported over the southeast Atlantic during CLARIFY-2017
Huihui Wu, Jonathan W. Taylor, Kate Szpek, Justin M. Langridge, Paul I. Williams, Michael Flynn, James D. Allan, Steven J. Abel, Joseph Pitt, Michael I. Cotterell, Cathryn Fox, Nicholas W. Davies, Jim Haywood, and Hugh Coe
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 12697–12719, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-12697-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-12697-2020, 2020
Short summary

Related subject area

Subject: Clouds | Technique: In Situ Measurement | Topic: Instruments and Platforms
A comparative analysis of in situ measurements of high-altitude cirrus in the tropics
Francesco Cairo, Martina Krämer, Armin Afchine, Guido Di Donfrancesco, Luca Di Liberto, Sergey Khaykin, Lorenza Lucaferri, Valentin Mitev, Max Port, Christian Rolf, Marcel Snels, Nicole Spelten, Ralf Weigel, and Stephan Borrmann
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 16, 4899–4925, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-4899-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-4899-2023, 2023
Short summary
In situ ground-based mobile measurement of lightning events above central Europe
Jakub Kákona, Jan Mikeš, Iva Ambrožová, Ondřej Ploc, Olena Velychko, Lembit Sihver, and Martin Kákona
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 16, 547–561, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-547-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-547-2023, 2023
Short summary
A phase separation inlet for droplets, ice residuals, and interstitial aerosol particles
Libby Koolik, Michael Roesch, Carmen Dameto de Espana, Christopher Nathan Rapp, Lesly J. Franco Deloya, Chuanyang Shen, A. Gannet Hallar, Ian B. McCubbin, and Daniel J. Cziczo
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 15, 3213–3222, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-3213-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-3213-2022, 2022
Short summary
Simulation and field campaign evaluation of an optical particle counter on a fixed-wing UAV
Joseph Girdwood, Warren Stanley, Chris Stopford, and David Brus
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 15, 2061–2076, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-2061-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-2061-2022, 2022
Short summary
Cloud microphysical measurements at a mountain observatory: comparison between shadowgraph imaging and phase Doppler interferometry
Moein Mohammadi, Jakub L. Nowak, Guus Bertens, Jan Moláček, Wojciech Kumala, and Szymon P. Malinowski
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 15, 965–985, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-965-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-965-2022, 2022
Short summary

Cited articles

Anderson, T. L., Charslon, R. J., and Covert, D. S.: Calibration of a counterflow virtual impactor at aerodynamic diameters from 1 to 15 \mum, Aerosol Sci. Tech., 19, 317–329, 1993.
Baran, A. J., Bodas-Salcedo, A., Cotton, R. J., and Lee, C.: Simulating the equivalent radar reflectivity of cirrus at 94 GHz using an ensemble model of cirrus ice crystals: a test of the Met Office global numerical weather prediction model, Q. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 137, 1547–1560, 2011.
Brown, P. R. A.: Measurement of the ice water content in cirrus using an evaporative technique, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 10, 579–590, 1993.
Brown, P. R. A. and Francis, P. N.: Improved measurement of the ice water content in cirrus using a total-water probe, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 12, 410–414, 1995.
Download