A light scattering instrument for investigating cloud ice microcrystal morphology
Kaye, Paul H., Hirst, E., Ulanowski, Z., Hesse, E., Greenaway, R. and DeMott, P.
(2008)
A light scattering instrument for investigating cloud ice microcrystal morphology.
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We describe an optical scattering instrument designed to assess the shapes and sizes of microscopic atmospheric cloud particles, especially the smallest ice crystals that can profoundly affect cloud processes and radiative properties yet cannot be seen clearly using in situ cloud particle imaging probes. The new instrument captures high-resolution spatial light scattering patterns from individual particles down to ~1 μm in size passing through a laser beam. Its significance lies in the ability of these patterns to provide morphological data for particle sizes well below the optical resolution limits of current probes.
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