Cloud, Aerosol, and Refractive Index Experiment

Status

Operated By
PI

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)

 

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