Articles | Volume 21, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-517-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-517-2021
Measurement report
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15 Jan 2021
Measurement report |  | 15 Jan 2021

Measurement report: Properties of aerosol and gases in the vertical profile during the LAPSE-RATE campaign

David Brus, Jani Gustafsson, Ville Vakkari, Osku Kemppinen, Gijs de Boer, and Anne Hirsikko

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This paper summarizes Finnish Meteorological Institute and Kansas State University unmanned aerial vehicle measurements during the summer 2018 Lower Atmospheric Process Studies at Elevation – a Remotely-piloted Aircraft Team Experiment (LAPSE-RATE) campaign in the San Luis Valley, providing an overview of the rotorcraft deployed, payloads, scientific goals and flight strategies and presenting observations of atmospheric thermodynamics and aerosol and gas parameters in the vertical column.
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