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Operation IceBridge

Cloud, Aerosol, and Refractive Index Experiment (CAPS-PIP)

Status

Operated By:

CARE consists of three instruments: an Optical Particle AnaLyzer (OPAL), a second generation Cloud, Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer (CAPS), and a Precipitation Imaging Probe (PIP). CARE detects the size distributions of aerosol and cloud particles in the size range between 0.5 µm and 6.2 mm, provides information about particle shape and cloud phase, and allows the retrieval of refractive index of single particles in the size range between ~0.5 and 2 µm.

Measurements:

Aerosol, Particle size distribution, Cloud Liquid Water Content

Aircraft:

DC-8 - AFRC

Point(s) of Contact:

Bernadett Weinzierl (POC; PI)