Characterising the response of OAP in-situ particle imagers: implications for cirrus observations

Jonathan Crosier1,2, Sebastian O'Shea1, James Dorsey1,2, Waldemar Schledewitz1, Ian Crawford1, Keith Bower1, Stephan A Borrmann3,4, Richard Cotton5, Aaron Bansemer6, Peggy Achtert7, Chris Westbrook8, Chris Walden9,10, Joseph Ulanowski11, Ryan Neely III12,13, Freya Addison12,13, Graeme Nott14 and Chris Reed14, (1)University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, (2)National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Manchester, United Kingdom, (3)Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany, (4)Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany, (5)Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom, (6)NCAR, Boulder, CO, United States, (7)University of Reading, Dept. of Meteorology, Reading, United Kingdom, (8)University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom, (9)STFC Chilbolton Observatory, Chilbolton, United Kingdom, (10)National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, United Kingdom, (11)University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, United Kingdom, (12)University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, (13)National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Leeds, United Kingdom, (14)Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements, Cranfield, United Kingdom