Measurement of Condensed Water Content in Liquid and Ice Clouds Using an Airborne Counterflow Virtual Impactor

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Creator	Twohy, Cynthia Schanot, Allen J. Cooper, William A.
Abstract	Condensed water content (CWC) measured using a counterflow virtual impactor (CVI) with a Lyman-α hygrometer downstream is compared with that measured by other airborne instruments (a hot-wire probe, a PMS FSSP, and a PMS 2D-C). Results indicate that the CVI system provides a reliable measurement of CWC in both liquid- and ice-phase clouds and that the CVI measures CWC contained in both large and small hydrometeors; this means that the condensed water present in both phases and virtually all hydrometeor sizes can be measured with a single device. Small ice contents of a few milligrams per cubic meter present in cirrus clouds can also be measured by the technique.
Resource Type	Article
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(1997)014<0197:MOCWCI>2.0.CO;2
Date Available	2012-04-30T23:20:36+00:00
Date Issued	1997-02
Citation	Twohy, Cynthia H., Allen J. Schanot, William A. Cooper, 1997: Measurement of Condensed Water Content in Liquid and Ice Clouds Using an Airborne Counterflow Virtual Impactor. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 14, 197–202.
Journal Title	Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
Journal Volume	14
Journal Issue/Number	1
Urheberrechts-Erklärung	In Copyright
Publisher	American Meteorological Society
Language	English [eng]
Replaces	http://hdl.handle.net/1957/28941