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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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 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 Spectrometer and Impactor | CSI | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | NCAR | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Counterflow virtual impactor, Spectrometer (in situ) | Cloud Liquid Water Content, H2O (total) | In situ
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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 | |||||||||
Counterflow Virtual Impactor | CVI | Cynthia Twohy (PI) | NWRA | Citation, DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Counterflow virtual impactor | Cloud Liquid Water Content | 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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Nevzorov Liquid Water Content (LWC) and Total Water Content (TWC) Probe | Nevzorov | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Cloud Liquid Water Content, H2O (total) | In situ
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Rosemount Icing Detector | RICE | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Cloud Liquid Water Content | In situ
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Spectrometer for Sky-Scanning, Sun-Tracking Atmospheric Research | 4STAR | Meloe S. Kacenelenbogen (Co-I) | NASA ARC | P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF, Convair 580 NRC, Gulfstream G-1 (DOE), DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer | NO2, O3, H2O, Spectral Aerosol Optical Depth, Aerosol Extinction Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Single Scattering Albedo, Aerosol Asymmetry Parameter, Aerosol Scattering phase function, Aerosol Size Distribution, Aerosol Complex Refractive Index, Cloud Optical Depth, Cloud droplet effective radius, Cloud Thermodynamic Phase, Cloud Liquid Water Content | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards), Upwards pointing but not directly upwards, Solar tracking (angles: The instrument can be pointed continuously around the full azimuth and over 270 degrees in elevation )
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