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Given the importance of supercooled liquid in cloud microphysics, the global radiation budget, and aviation safety, the ability to observe these clouds globally would benefit weather prediction, expand understanding of cloud radiative forcing, and improve access to airspace for commercial and government aircraft. This project will provide a sensor suite concept and technology development path for quantifying this variable that is currently not widely measured.
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