Title | Acronym | Contact Person | Center | Aircraft | Type | Measurements | Measurement Range | Measurement Instrument Pointing | Measurement Frequency | Measurement Swath Width | Measurement Horizontal Resolution | Measurement Vertical Resolution | Measurement Wavelengths | Measurement Notes |
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2D-S Stereo Probe | 2DS | Sarah Woods (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Learjet SPEC, Alpha Jet | Particle imager | Particle size distribution, Particle concentration, Particle Extinction | In situ
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2DC Hydrometeor Imaging Probe | 2DC | David Rogers (PI) | NCAR | Gulfstream V - NSF | Particle imager | Particle size distribution, Particle concentration | In situ
| 25-1600 µm | ice, water | |||||
Cloud Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer | CAPS | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, P-3 Orion - WFF, ER-2 - AFRC | Particle imager, Spectrometer (in situ) | Aerosol, Particle size distribution, Temperature, Pressure, Cloud Liquid Water Content | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Cloud Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer - U Vienna | CAPS Vienna | Bernadett Weinzierl (PI) | U Vienna | DC-8 - AFRC | Aerosol, Particle size distribution, Cloud Liquid Water Content | In situ
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Cloud Droplet Probe | CDP | David Rogers (PI) | NCAR | Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, ER-2 - AFRC | Particle imager | Particle size distribution, Particle concentration | In situ
| 1 Hz
| 2-50 µm | water droplets, ice crystals | ||||
Cloud Imaging Probe | CIP | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC | Particle imager | Particle size distribution, Cloud Liquid Water Content | In situ
| 25-1550 µm | ||||||
Cloud Physics Lidar | CPL | John Yorks (PI) | NASA GSFC | ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Lidar | Aerosol, Optical Depth, Particle size distribution | Vertical profile
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 30 m
| 335 nm; 532 nm; 1064 nm | ||||
Cloud, Aerosol, and Precipitation Spectrometer | CAPS - DC8 | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Aerosol, Particle size distribution, Cloud Liquid Water Content | In situ
| 0.5-50 µm; 25-1550 µm | Aerosol particle and cloud hydrometeor size distributions | |||||
Cloud, Aerosol, and Precipitation Spectrometer | CAPS - WB57 | Darrel Baumgardner (PI) | DMT | WB-57 - JSC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Aerosol, Particle size distribution, Cloud Liquid Water Content | In situ
| 0.5-1550 µm | ||||||
Cloud, Aerosol, and Refractive Index Experiment | CAPS-PIP | Bernadett Weinzierl (PI) | U Vienna | DC-8 - AFRC | Aerosol, Particle size distribution, Cloud Liquid Water Content | |||||||||
Continuous Flow Diffusion Chambers | CFDC | Paul J. DeMott (PI) | Colo State | Citation, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Optical particle counter | Particle size distribution | In situ
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DCOTSS Portable Optical Particle Spectrometer | DPOPS | John Dykema (PI) | Harvard | ER-2 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | particle number density, Particle size distribution | ||||||||
Focused Cavity Aerosol Spectrometer | FCAS | James Wilson (PI) | U Denver | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC | Optical particle counter | Particle size distribution | In situ
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Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probe | FSSP | Paul Lawson (PI) | SPEC | Citation, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Optical particle counter | Particle size distribution | In situ
| 450 nm; 530 nm; 550 nm; 700 nm | aerosol scattering and backscattering coefficients | |||||
Hawkeye | Hawkeye | Paul Lawson (PI) | SPEC | Global Hawk - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Particle imager | Particle size distribution | In situ
| 10 µm; 50 µm | 2D-S channel 1 | |||||
High Volume Precipitation Spectrometer | HVPS | Paul Lawson (PI) | SPEC | Citation, DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Particle imager, Spectrometer (in situ) | Particle size distribution | In situ
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Multi-sample Aerosol Collection System | MACS | James Wilson (PI) | U Denver | WB-57 - JSC, ER-2 - AFRC | Counterflow virtual impactor | Particle size distribution | In situ
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Multiple-Angle Aerosol Spectrometer Probe | MASP | Darrel Baumgardner (PI) | DMT | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Particle concentration, Particle size distribution, Particle Extinction | In situ
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Nuclei-Mode Aerosol Size Spectrometer | NMASS | Michael Reeves (Prev PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC | CN counter | Particle size distribution, CCN | In situ
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Precipitation Imaging Probe | PIP | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC | Particle imager, Spectrometer | Particle size distribution | ||||||||
Small Ice Detector | SID | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | NCAR | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC | Particle imager | Particle size distribution | In situ
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X-Band Lightweight Rainfall Radiometer | LRR-X | Eric Smith (PI) | NASA GSFC | DC-8 - AFRC | Radiometer | Particle size distribution, Rain Rate | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards), Cross-track scanning
| 10.7 GHz |