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Articles | Volume 26, issue 21
Articles | Volume 26, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-16029-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-16029-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 26, issue 21
Research article
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12 Nov 2026
Research article |  | 12 Nov 2026

Evaluating the representativeness of aircraft sampling strategies for cloud water content in LASSO simulations over the ARM Southern Great Plains (SGP) Site

Jiakun Liang, William I. Gustafson Jr., Dana R. Caulton, and Jennifer D. Small Griswold

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Aircraft measurements are essential for studying clouds, but capture only limited parts of a cloud field. This study uses high-resolution atmospheric simulations to assess how flight paths, altitude patterns, and speed affect the representativeness of aircraft measurements. The results show that faster flights generally improve agreement and staircase sampling performs consistently well. Cloud tops are harder to capture than cloud bases. These findings help interpret aircraft observations.
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