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1 Antarctic Clouds Tom Lachlan-Cope John King, Amélie Kirchgaessner

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3 Meteorological Airborne Science INstrumentation (MASIN) Boundary Layer Sea ice Cloud Studies Large scale flow

4 Instruments Temperature + Humidity Radiation Turbulence (wind) Fast Temperature, Humidity and CO2 Cloud probe CAPS DPOL Aerosol Inlet Camera Laser Altimeter/Scanning Laser Surface temperature Chemistry Inlets

5 Boom with turbulence probe Upward directed short- and long wave radiometers Downward directed short- and long wave radiometers Frost point hygrometer Aerosol inlet temperature IRT and video camera Cloud Probe

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8 Cloud observations over Antarctic Peninsula Two campaigns – about 150 hrs flying See: Grosvenor, D. P., Choularton, T. W., Lachlan-Cope, T., Gallagher, M. W., Crosier, J., Bower, K. N., Ladkin, R. S., and Dorsey, J. R.: In- situ aircraft observations of ice concentrations within clouds over the Antarctic Peninsula and Larsen Ice Shelf, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 11275- 11294, doi:10.5194/acp-12-11275-2012, 2012.

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10 Surface energy balance 8 Jan - 8 Feb 2011

11 AMPS 5 km SWnet LWnet HsHLHL +23.5-5.7 -4.5+5.1

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15 British Antarctic Survey Antarctic Research Stations

16 Aircraft measurements  Clouds  Aerosols  BL Surface measurements IN CCN Aerosols Chemistry MAC

17 Any Questions?


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