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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-5911-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
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09 Dec 2016
Research article |
| 09 Dec 2016
Development of a cloud particle sensor for radiosonde sounding
Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University,
Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo,
060-0810, Japan
Takuji Sugidachi
Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University,
Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
now at: Meisei Electric Co., Ltd, Isesaki, 372-8585, Japan
Toru Arai
Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University,
Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
now at: MTG Co., Ltd, Nagoya, 453-0041, Japan
Kensaku Shimizu
Meisei Electric Co., Ltd, Isesaki, 372-8585, Japan
Mayumi Hayashi
Shinyei Technology Co., Ltd, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan
Yasuhisa Noma
Shinyei Technology Co., Ltd, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan
Hideaki Kawagita
Shinyei Technology Co., Ltd, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan
Kazuo Sagara
Shinyei Technology Co., Ltd, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan
Taro Nakagawa
Shinyei Kaisha, Kobe, 651-0178, Japan
Satoshi Okumura
Shinyei Kaisha, Kobe, 651-0178, Japan
Yoichi Inai
Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo,
060-0810, Japan
now at: Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University,
980-8578, Japan
Takashi Shibata
Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Nagoya,
464-8601, Japan
Suginori Iwasaki
Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, National Defense Academy,
Yokosuka, 239-8686, Japan
Atsushi Shimizu
National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, 305-8506, Japan
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Latest update: 26 Jul 2025
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.
A meteorological balloon-borne cloud sensor called the cloud particle sensor (CPS) has been...
