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| Instrument Acronym |
Direct Products |
P.I. Derived Products |
Potential Products |
| AMMR |
Calibrated TB (18-37 GHz) |
Water vapor profiles (requires temperature
profiles) |
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| ARMAR |
In-field: Equiv. reflectivity factor
Ze, Doppler velocity, Cross-polarization reflectivity,
HH-VV correlation coefficient,
HH-VV phase difference |
Rain rate,
Updraft velocity,
Latent heating |
Rain rate,
Updraft velocity,
Latent heating |
| AVAPS |
Profiles of temperature, pressure, humidity,
and wind velocity |
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| CAPAC |
In situ particle density, size, and shape
(few um to 1.6 mm for 1st and 4th instrument; 0.2 um to 20 um for 2nd
and 3rd instrument).
In-field: above for a few periods |
Cloud/aerosol part. size distrib. (0.2
um<D<1.6mm, Diameter);
Condensed water volume |
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| JPL
SAW |
In situ dewpoint/frostpoint, pressure,
temperature (raw data).
In-field: plots of dewpoint/frostpoint |
In situ dewpoint/frostpoint, pressure,
temperature (formatted data) |
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| Laser
Hygrometer |
In-situ water vapor volume mixing ratio
along the DC-8 flight track |
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intercomparisons with the other water
vapor sensors on the DC-8; water vapor data will be utilized by the lidar
teams and the modelling teams to define atmospheric conditions and analyze
atmospheric dynamics |
| LASE |
Profiles of water vapor mixing ratio and
aerosol scattering.
In-field: Color images of water vapor mixing
ratio & relative aerosol scatttering cross sections |
Cross sections of water vapor mixing ratios,
relative humidities, total atmosphere scattering ratios, and aerosol backscattering
coefficients |
Total precipitation water; Aerosol extinct.
profiles; Aerosol optical thickness; Cloud base/top height; Relative humidity
profiles; Boundary layer height |
| LIP |
Electric field components, aircraft charge.
In-field: Quick looks at direct products
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Total lightning count & rates, lightning
statistics, storm current output, storm charge structure (last two in
conjunction with ER-2 measurements) |
Quantified Lightning; relationship with
precipitation; convective mass/ice; flux, latent heat; storm current output |
| MACAWS |
LOS wind velocities and relative backscatter
as a function of location, range from aircraft, elevation angle, &
azimuth angle.
In-field: LOS velocity and relative backscatter
with respect to time/height |
Selected 2-D wind fields as a function
of elevation angle with respect to aircraft |
2-D wind fields, kinematic quantities,
fluxes, Richardson number |
| MMS |
1-Hz data: time, pressure, temperature,
theta horizontal wind (U,V), vertical wind (W), turbulence index
5-sec data: latitude, longitude, pressure-altitude, true-air-speed |
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| PSR |
Polarimetric, multiband, fore/aft conically
scanned, and geolocated brightness temperature maps |
Surface wind speed and wind direction,
integrated cloud water content, near surface rain rate. |
Improved P.I. derived products using rain
radar data and integrated water vapor data. |
