National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Cloud Droplet Probe
instrumentairborne instrumentIndustry: Aerospace
- Category
- Physical Infrastructure
- Affiliations
- NCAR
Description
CDP, an underwing optical probe (updated FSSP design) that sizes and counts individual cloud droplets from laser-light scattering, giving cloud particle size distributions across 2–50 µm at up to 25 Hz; flown on the GV.
Official page
https://www.eol.ucar.edu/node/198
Open official page (opens in a new tab)Contact
- Contact
- Sarah Woods | Bill Dawson, DMT
Details
- Keywords
- cloud droplet sizing, fssp successor, laser diode, masked detector, gv underwing mounting
- Location
- Boulder, Colorado
- Key spec
- 2–50 µm size range; up to 25 Hz
- Equipment class
- Optical cloud particle probe (laser scattering)
- Associated entity
- NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory (site)
- Identifier
- CDP ; The Cloud Droplet Probe (CDP) mounted alongside the SID-IIH under the wing of the GV. ; This instrument, which is an updated version of the FSSP, uses a focused beam from a d…