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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Closed-path Laser Hygrometer | CLH | Linnea Avallone (PI) | NSF | Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC, DC-8- AFRC | Laser absorption | H2O (total) | In situ
| 0.8 Hz
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Closed-path Laser Hygrometer 2 | CLH2 | Darin Toohey (PI) | CU Boulder | Gulfstream V - NSF, C-230 - NSF, DC-8- AFRC | Laser absorption, Spectrometer (in situ) | H2O (total) | In situ
| 45 Hz
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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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Harvard Total Water | HTW | Jessica B. Smith (PI) | Harvard | WB-57 - JSC, ER-2 - AFRC | Fluorescence | H2O (total) | In situ
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Multispectral Atmospheric Mapping Sensor | MAMS | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | ER-2 - AFRC | Photometer | H2O (total), Temperature | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 37000 m (at 20 km)
| 100 m (at 20 km)
| 0.45-0.52 µm; 0.52-0.6 µm; 0.57-0.67 µm; 0.6-0.73 µm; 0.65-0.83 µm; 0.72-0.99 µm; 0.83-1.05 µm; 3.55-3.93 µm; 8.5-14 µm; 10.3-12.1 µm; 12.5-12.8 µm | |||
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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NOAA Lyman-Alpha Total Water Hygrometer | NOAA TW | Ken Kelly (PI) | NOAA ESRL | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | H2O (total) | In situ
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NOAA Water | Troy Thornberry (PI) | NOAA ESRL | Global Hawk - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Laser absorption | H2O, H2O (total) | In situ
| 1 Hz
| 2.7 µm | DFB laser to scan 2 H2O lines and CO2 line for additional diagnostic |