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contributor authorGayet, Jean-François
contributor authorFebvre, Guy
contributor authorLarsen, Howard
date accessioned2017-06-09T14:05:20Z
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date copyright1996/12/01
date issued1996
identifier issn0739-0572
identifier otherams-1219.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4147501
description abstractThe performance of measurement systems for small ice crystals is an important issue because of the need to characterize cirrus cloud microphysics for climate research. In a cloud formed of small quasi-spherical ice particles, as found in recently formed aircraft contrails, the PMS FSSP probe gives reliable measurements consistent with other probes. This is in contrast to the expectation, based on earlier work by others, that the FSSP measurements are unreliable when ice is present in the cloud. In natural cirrus on the other hand, where there are irregular large ice particles, the FSSP indeed gives the exaggerated response reported earlier. Here simple criteria by which the presence of spherically shaped small ice particles can be recognized are proposed. These criteria provide a useful indication of the occasions in ice clouds when FSSP measurements can be relied on.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleThe Reliability of the PMS FSSP in the Presence of Small Ice Crystals
typeJournal Paper
journal volume13
journal issue6
journal titleJournal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
identifier doi10.1175/1520-0426(1996)013<1300:TROTPF>2.0.CO;2
journal fristpage1300
journal lastpage1310
treeJournal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology:;1996:;volume( 013 ):;issue: 006
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