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Regions with low LWC generally correspond to reduced cloud droplet concentrations and weak cloud <br />drafts or downdrafts. This trend can be observed in both the CDP calculated LWC and the hotwire LWC. <br />An exception to this latter observation is penetrations at the cloud top where distributions in the vertical <br />velocity are much wider and more turbulent. At the cloud top, the trend in the CDP concentration followed <br />the trend in the Cloud Imaging Probe (CIP) concentrations very closely. The CDP spectra at the cloud <br />base were generally narrow becoming more flat and wide at the mid levels and the cloud top (Figure 10). <br />Figures 11 a, b and c summarize the vertical profile of the cloud hydrometeor distributions and the cloud <br />drafts. <br />Max CIP <br />Max CDP Max CIP <br />VerticalHotwire <br />Deff, Mean concDeff, Mean <br />Cloud depth Penetrationvelocity LWC,Max CDP <br />CDP Deff CIP Deff <br />(m)time (s) (+ Down) adiabaticconc (cm) <br />>100m <br />-3 <br />)) <br />(msLWC (gm <br />(m)(L)(m) <br />-1-3 <br />-1 <br />518 to 536 34 -3.8 to 2.5 0.23, 0.2 1361 12.4, 10.3 <br />626 to 855 49 -2.2 to 4.9 0.26, 0.3 1438 12.6, 10.4 38.7 <br />1313 to <br />55 -6.9 to 7.1 0.6, 0.6 1950 14.5, 11.8 36.9 <br />1423 <br />2036 to 358.2, <br />57 -6.5 to 9.8 0.7, 0.8 1148 15.6, 12.2 0.2 <br />222940.0 <br />2671 to <br />57 -15.3 to 5.8 1.1, 1.2 1206 17.3, 15.3 1.0 679.6, 147.5 <br />2929 <br />3421 to <br />24 -15.7 to 36.2 1.4, 1.4 1066 18.8, 18.0 8.1 659.1, 442.5 <br />3645 <br />4081 to <br />26 -17.0 to 9.4 1.1, 1.6 783 18.9, 17.0 6.0 659.0, 357.8 <br />4179 <br />4236 to <br />40 -4.0 to 13.7 1.0, 1.7 575 19.2, 17.0 15.3 761.7, 438.1 <br />4444 <br />Table 6: Summary of cloud characteristics for penetrations conducted on the 14 August 2004. <br />th <br />Figure 10a: Narrow DSD just above the cloud Figure 10b: Wide and flat DSD at around 5500 m. <br />formation level at around 2500 m. <br />33 <br />