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 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 Particle Imager | CPI | Sarah Woods (PI) | NCAR | Citation, DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Particle imager | Particle phase, habit, Imagery | In situ
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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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Langley Cloud Probes | Langley In-situ Cloud | Richard Moore (Co-I) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF, HU-25 Falcon - LaRC | Particle imager | Cloud Droplet Number and Size Distributions, Cloud Droplet Effective Radius and Variance, Precipitation Particle Number and Size Distribution, Cloud Liquid Water Content, Cloud Ice Water Content | In situ
| 1 Hz
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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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Three-View Cloud Particle Imager | 3V-CPI | Jorgen Jensen (PI) | NCAR | Gulfstream V - NSF | Particle imager, Spectrometer (in situ) | Imagery | In situ
| 10-1280 µm | ||||||
Video Ice Particle Sampler | VIPS | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | NCAR | WB-57 - JSC | Particle imager | Particle Composition | In situ
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