Resolving the size of ice-nucleating particles with a balloon deployable aerosol sampler: the SHARK

Porter, Grace C. E.; Sikora, Sebastien N. F.; Adams, Michael P.; Proske, Ulrike; Harrison, Alexander D.; Tarn, Mark D.; Brooks, Ian M.; Murray, Benjamin J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-2905-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-2905-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-2905-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 6

Research article

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03 Jun 2020

Research article |

| 03 Jun 2020

Resolving the size of ice-nucleating particles with a balloon deployable aerosol sampler: the SHARK

Grace C. E. Porter, Sebastien N. F. Sikora, Michael P. Adams, Ulrike Proske, Alexander D. Harrison, Mark D. Tarn, Ian M. Brooks, and Benjamin J. Murray

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Short summary

Ice-nucleating particles affect cloud development, lifetime, and radiative properties. Hence it is important to know the abundance of INPs throughout the atmosphere. Here we present the development and application of a radio-controlled payload capable of collecting size-resolved aerosol from a tethered balloon for the primary purpose of offline INP analysis. Test data are presented from four locations: southern Finland, northern England, Svalbard, and southern England.