Ice crystal measurements with the new particle spectrometer NIXE-CAPS / von Jessica Meyer. 2011
Content
Appendices
Mixed phase clouds
Instrumentation: The new cloud spectrometer NIXE-CAPS
The CAS-Depol
CIP greyscale
CAPS data processing
Measurement limitations and uncertainties
Instrument inter-comparisons
NIXE-CAPS at the AIDA chamber and on board of the BAE146
Description of the AIDA cloud chamber
NIXE-CAPS setup at the AIDA chamber
Description of the cloud experiments
The COALESC campaign
NIXE-CAPS setup on board of the BAE146
Results and Discussion
Relative humidity and microphysical properties in mixed phase clouds
Distribution of water and ice with respect to temperature
Size distributions of water droplets and ice crystals
Discussion
Summary and conclusions
Outlook
AIDA experiment overview
COALESC flight overview
NIXE-CAS
NIXE-CIP
NIXE-CAPS data processing
NIXE analysis setup
List of abbreviations
Mathematical notation
Bibliography
Acknowledgements