Development of a cloud particle sensor for radiosonde sounding

Fujiwara, Masatomo; Sugidachi, Takuji; Arai, Toru; Shimizu, Kensaku; Hayashi, Mayumi; Noma, Yasuhisa; Kawagita, Hideaki; Sagara, Kazuo; Nakagawa, Taro; Okumura, Satoshi; Inai, Yoichi; Shibata, Takashi; Iwasaki, Suginori; Shimizu, Atsushi

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-5911-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-5911-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-5911-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 12

Research article

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09 Dec 2016

Research article |

| 09 Dec 2016

Development of a cloud particle sensor for radiosonde sounding

Masatomo Fujiwara, Takuji Sugidachi, Toru Arai, Kensaku Shimizu, Mayumi Hayashi, Yasuhisa Noma, Hideaki Kawagita, Kazuo Sagara, Taro Nakagawa, Satoshi Okumura, Yoichi Inai, Takashi Shibata, Suginori Iwasaki, and Atsushi Shimizu

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RC1: 'Manuscript Review - Reviewer 1', Darrel Baumgardner, 22 Jun 2016
- AC1: 'Reply', Masatomo Fujiwara, 02 Sep 2016
RC2: 'Review', Frank Wienhold, 28 Jun 2016
- AC2: 'Reply', Masatomo Fujiwara, 02 Sep 2016
RC3: 'Interactive comment on “Development of a cloud particle sensor for radiosonde sounding” by Masatomo Fujiwara et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 03 Jul 2016
- AC3: 'Reply', Masatomo Fujiwara, 02 Sep 2016

Short summary

A meteorological balloon-borne cloud sensor called the cloud particle sensor (CPS) has been developed. The CPS can count the number of particles per second and can obtain the cloud phase information (i.e. liquid, ice, or mixed). Twenty-five test flights have been made between 2012 and 2015 at midlatitude and tropical sites. The results from the four flights are discussed.