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Aircraft meteorological instruments use optical scattering to characterize precipitation and water droplets.
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Airborne meteorological instruments, such as forward scattering spectrometer probes (FSSPs), explicitly rely on optical scattering principles (like Mie scattering) to characterize cloud particles, water droplets, and precipitation.

Evidence for · 3
Interpretation of measurements made by the forward scattering spectrometer probe (FSSP‐300) during the Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition
1992 · cited by 136
The paper discusses the forward scattering spectrometer probe (FSSP-300), an airborne instrument utilizing light scattering to measure cloud particles and droplets.
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The retrieved literature includes multiple airborne studies documenting the use of Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probes (FSSPs) and optical probes that use light scattering to measure water droplets, cloud particles, and precipitation microphysics. The papers directly support the claim that aircraft meteorological instruments utilize optical scattering for droplet and precipitation characterization.

More for · 2
Calibration of the forward scattering spectrometer probe used on the ER‐2 during the Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment
1989 · cited by 21
The study evaluates the Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probe (FSSP-100) flown on aircraft for measuring cloud particles using light scattering techniques.
Optical and Electronic Limitations of the Forward-Scattering Spectrometer Probe
1990 · cited by 16
The paper details the evaluation and correction of optical scattering-based forward-scattering spectrometer probes (FSSPs) used on aircraft to measure droplet distributions.
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  1. Interpretation of measurements made by the forward scattering spectrometer probe (FSSP‐300) during the Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expeditionpeer-reviewedsupports
  2. Spray droplet size distribution and droplet velocity measurements in a firing optical enginepeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  3. Shortwave absorption by wildfire smoke dominated by dark brown carbon.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  4. Calibration of the forward scattering spectrometer probe used on the ER‐2 during the Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experimentpeer-reviewedsupports
  5. Confronting the Challenge of Modeling Cloud and Precipitation Microphysics.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  6. Optical and Electronic Limitations of the Forward-Scattering Spectrometer Probepeer-reviewedsupports
  7. A multi-year data set on aerosol-cloud-precipitation-meteorology interactions for marine stratocumulus clouds.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  8. Dual-field-of-view high-spectral-resolution lidar: Simultaneous profiling of aerosol and water cloud to study aerosol-cloud interaction.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  9. How Are Mixed-Phase Clouds Mixed?peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  10. Shape Discrimination of Individual Aerosol Particles Using Light Scattering.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  11. Current and Near-Term Earth-Observing Environmental Satellites, Their Missions, Characteristics, Instruments, and Applications.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  12. Multi-campaign ship and aircraft observations of marine cloud condensation nuclei and droplet concentrations.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
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first checked06 Aug 2026
judged → SUPPORTED · 8806 Aug 2026
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