TitleAcronymContact PersonCenterAircraftTypeMeasurementsMeasurement RangeMeasurement Instrument PointingMeasurement FrequencyMeasurement Swath WidthMeasurement Horizontal ResolutionMeasurement Vertical ResolutionMeasurement WavelengthsMeasurement Notes
Cloud Aerosol and Precipitation SpectrometerCAPSAndrew Heymsfield (PI)NCARDC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, P-3 Orion - WFF, ER-2 - AFRCParticle imager, Spectrometer (in situ)Aerosol, Particle size distribution, Temperature, Pressure, Cloud Liquid Water Content
In situ
1 Hz
Cloud Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer - U ViennaCAPS ViennaBernadett Weinzierl (PI)U ViennaDC-8 - AFRCAerosol, Particle size distribution, Cloud Liquid Water Content
In situ
Cloud Imaging ProbeCIPAndrew Heymsfield (PI)NCARDC-8 - AFRCParticle imagerParticle size distribution, Cloud Liquid Water Content
In situ
25-1550 µm
Cloud Spectrometer and ImpactorCSIAndrew Heymsfield (PI)NCARC-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSCCounterflow virtual impactor, Spectrometer (in situ)Cloud Liquid Water Content, H2O (total)
In situ
Cloud, Aerosol, and Precipitation SpectrometerCAPS - DC8Andrew Heymsfield (PI)NCARDC-8 - AFRCSpectrometer (in situ)Aerosol, Particle size distribution, Cloud Liquid Water Content
In situ
0.5-50 µm; 25-1550 µmAerosol particle and cloud hydrometeor size distributions
Cloud, Aerosol, and Precipitation SpectrometerCAPS - WB57Darrel Baumgardner (PI)DMTWB-57 - JSCSpectrometer (in situ)Aerosol, Particle size distribution, Cloud Liquid Water Content
In situ
0.5-1550 µm
Cloud, Aerosol, and Refractive Index ExperimentCAPS-PIPBernadett Weinzierl (PI)U ViennaDC-8 - AFRCAerosol, Particle size distribution, Cloud Liquid Water Content
Counterflow Virtual ImpactorCVICynthia Twohy (PI)NWRACitation, DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSCCounterflow virtual impactorCloud Liquid Water Content
In situ
Langley Cloud ProbesLangley In-situ CloudRichard Moore (Co-I)NASA LaRCDC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF, HU-25 Falcon - LaRCParticle imagerCloud 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
Nevzorov Liquid Water Content (LWC) and Total Water Content (TWC) ProbeNevzorovAndrew Heymsfield (PI)NCARDC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, P-3 Orion - WFFCloud Liquid Water Content, H2O (total)
In situ
Rosemount Icing DetectorRICEAndrew Heymsfield (PI)NCARDC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFFCloud Liquid Water Content
In situ
Spectrometer for Sky-Scanning, Sun-Tracking Atmospheric Research4STARMeloe S. Kacenelenbogen (Co-I)NASA ARCP-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF, Convair 580 NRC, Gulfstream G-1 (DOE), DC-8 - AFRCSpectrometerNO2, 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 )