Vapor In-Cloud Profiling Radar

Status

Status
Operational
Operated By
PI

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
Recent Missions
IMPACTS
(P-3 Orion - WFF)
Point(s) of Contact
Ian McCubbin
(Co-I),
Ken Cooper
(POC; PI)
Range of Measurement
Integrated vertical column
Instrument Pointing
Nadir (directly downwards)
Power:
650.00 W
TRL
7

 

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