Data from the Untethered Balloon Launch of a Holographic Imager Into Cloud Near Adelaide, South Australia in August 2020

This dataset was obtained from an untethered balloon launch into cloud near Adelaide, South Australia in August 2020. The balloon payload train consisted of a holographic imager, polarsonde, webcam, and meteorological sensors.

Data is organised as follows:

A netcdf file consisting of;

Raw RS41 radiosonde and data logger temperature and relative humidity profiles

Mean number density (30-second averaged) from the holographic imager  

Mean equivalent diameter (30-second averaged) from the holographic imager  

Raw polarsonde co and cross polarisation signals

A selection of focussed particle images 

A selection of webcam images

A figure summarising the results of HYSPLIT back trajectory modelling for the launch (FigS1)

A figure showing the HIMAWARI Cloud Type classification for the region surrounding the launch site (FigS2)

This dataset can be used to reproduce the key figures of the following paper submitted to Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (under review 2023):   

'A Light-Weight Holographic Imager for Cloud Microphysical Studies from an Untethered Balloon'.

Additional details about the instruments and measurements can be found in that publication.