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Synonyms: 
DC8
DC-8
NASA DC8
NASA DC-8 -AFRC
Associated content: 
DC-8 - AFRC

Rory Barton Grimley and Jim Collins

Vapor In-Cloud Profiling Radar

Vapor In-cloud Profiling Radar (VIPR), provides high-vertical-resolution water vapor soundings within the PBL. Importantly, VIPR implements for the first time the differential absorption radar (DAR) approach to provide sounding within the cloudy and precipitating volumes.  

Instrument Type: 
Radar
Measurements: 
H2O Vapor
Aircraft: 
Twin Otter, P-3 Orion - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC
Point(s) of Contact: 
Ken Cooper (PI)

HR-AMS in dual (HR-AMS2) configuration with the EESI-MS

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