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Airborne measurements of turbulence and cloud microphysics during PaCE 2022 using the Advanced Max Planck CloudKite Instrument (MPCK+)
Oliver Schlenczek
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS), Am Faßberg 17, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
Freja Nordsiek
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS), Am Faßberg 17, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Göttingen (GWDG), Burckhardtweg 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
Claudia E. Brunner
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS), Am Faßberg 17, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
Venecia Chávez-Medina
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS), Am Faßberg 17, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
Birte Thiede
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS), Am Faßberg 17, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
Eberhard Bodenschatz
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS), Am Faßberg 17, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
Institute for Dynamics of Complex Systems, Georg August University of Göttingen, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics and Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, 130 Upton Hall, Ithaca NY 14853, USA
Gholamhossein Bagheri
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Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS), Am Faßberg 17, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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During the Pallas Cloud Experiment (PaCE) in Finland (19–26 September 2022), the Advanced Max Planck CloudKite instrument (MPCK+) gathered turbulence, atmospheric-state parameters and cloud-microphysics from 0–1200 m. Flights lasted 1.5–3 hours, capturing droplet concentrations and size distributions at high resolution (<10 m spacing). The dataset aids studies of Arctic boundary layer clouds above freezing temperatures. This paper details the data collection, structure, and user guidelines.
During the Pallas Cloud Experiment (PaCE) in Finland (19–26 September 2022), the Advanced Max...
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