NOAA Water

Status

Status

Operational

Operated By

PI

Instrument Type

Laser absorption

Measurements

Aircraft

Global Hawk - AFRC,

Recent Missions

(WB-57 - JSC)

;

(WB-57 - JSC)

;

(Global Hawk - AFRC)

Point(s) of Contact

Troy Thornberry

(POC; PI),

(Co-I),

(Co-I),

(Prev PI)

Measurement Details

Range of Measurement

In situ

Measurement Sampling Rate

1.00 Hz

Measurement Wavelengths

2.7 µm (DFB laser to scan 2 H2O lines and CO2 line for additional diagnostic)

Integration Details

Weight

45.00 kg

Location

Zones 12 and 13 on Global Hawk 872.

Additional Information

Notes

One channel measure H2O vapor only and the other measures the sum of vapor and inertially-enhanced condensed-phase H2O

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