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Keys Area Microphysics Project (KAMP)
Aerosonde
| Name | Acronym | Principal Investigator | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aerosonde | Aerosonde | Greg Holland | Sonde | Measures in-situ atmospheric temperature, pressure, relative humidity, and winds from a uninhabited, remotely piloted, aerial vehicle |
Andros Island
| Name | Acronym | Principal Investigator | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andros Island Sondes | Rawinsonde | Frank Schmidlin | Rawinsonde and Radiosonde | Measures the vertical profile of atmospheric temperature, pressure, relative humidity, and wind speed and direction |
DC-8 Instruments
| Name | Acronym | Principal Investigator | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2D Particle Spectrometer Probes | 2DP | Andrew Heymsfield | Microphysics | Measures cloud and aerosol particle size and shape |
| 2nd Generation Precipitation Radar | PR-2 | Eastwood Im | Radar | Measures rainfall rate, and vertical and horizontal atmospheric velocities |
| Airborne Coherent Lidar For Advanced In-flight Measurements | ACLAIM | Ed Teets | Coherent Doppler Lidar | ACLAIM was developed for advanced turbulence detection with applications to supersonic inlet control, mitigation of aircraft gust response and aircrew / passenger warning for improved seatbelt utilization |
| Cloud Particle Imager Probe | CPI | Andrew Heymsfield | Microphysics | Measures cloud and aerosol particle size and shape |
| Conically-Scanning Two-look Airborne Radiometer | C-STAR | Robbie Hood | Passive Microwave Radiometer | Measures precipitation, surface water and near ocean surface wind speed and direction |
| Counterflow Virtual Impactor | CVI | Andrew Heynsfield | Microphysics | Measures cloud ice and water content |
| DC-8 Dropsonde | D8D | Jeffrey B. Halverson | Dropsonde | Measures the vertical profile of atmospheric temperature, pressure, relative humidity, and wind speed and direction as the sonde falls from altitude to ocean surface |
| High Volume Precipitation Spectrometer | HVPS | Andy Heymsfield | Spectrometer | The HVPS measures particle size distributions and obtains particlimages in the size range of about 0.1 cm to 6 cm. |
| JPL Laser Hygrometer | JLH | Robert L. Herman | Laser Hygrometer | Measures water vapor volume and mixing ratio |
| Lidar Atmospheric Sensing Experiment | LASE | Ed Browell | Differential Absorption Lidar | Measures the distribution of water vapor, aerosols and clouds throughout the troposphere |
| Lightning Instrument Package | LIP-DC-8 | Richard Blakeslee | Electric Field Mills, Conductivity Probe | Measures lightning, electric fields and electric field changes |
| Meteorological Measurement System | MMS | T. P. Bui | In Situ | Measures barometric pressure, air temperature, and wind vector; aircraft longitude, latitude, and pressure altitude; aircraft pitch, roll, heading, angle of attack, angle of sideslip, eastward velocity, northward velocity, true airspeed, and vertical acceleration. |
| Microwave Temperature Profiler | MTP-DC-8 | M.J. Mahoney | Microwave Radiometer | Measures atmospheric temperature |
| Nevzorov Probe | Nevzorov | Andy Heymsfield | Water vapor probe | The Nevzorov probe measures the condensed water content and the total (condensed plus vapor) water content. |
ER-2 Instruments
| Name | Acronym | Principal Investigator | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer | AMPR | Robbie Hood | Passive Microwave Radiometer | Detects precipitation and surface water by measuring natural microwave emissions from clouds water, cloud ice, rainfall and surface water |
| Dual-Beam UV-Absorption Ozone Photometer | NOAA-O3 | Erik C. Richard | In-Situ Photometer | Measures in-situ ozone directly through ultraviolet light absorption |
| ER-2 Doppler Radar | EDOP | Gerry Heymsfield | Radar | Measures vertical structure of precipitation and air motions |
| ER-2 High Altitude Dropsonde | EHAD | Jeffrey B. Halverson | Dropsonde | Measures the vertical profile of atmospheric temperature, pressure, relative humidity, and wind speed and direction as the sonde falls from altitude to ocean surface |
| High Altitude MMIC Sounding Radiometer | HAMSR | Bjorn Lambrigtsen | Radiometer | Measures vertical atmospheric distribution of temperature and moisture with a passive microwave radiometer |
| Lightning Instrument Package | LIP-ER-2 | Richard Blakeslee | Electric Field Mills, Conductivity Probe | Measures lightning, electric fields and electric field changes |
| MODIS Airborne Simulator | MAS | Jeff Myers | Scanning Spectrometer | The MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS) is an airborne scanning spectrometer that acquires high spatial resolution imagery of cloud and surface features from its vantage point on-board a NASA ER-2 high-altitude research aircraft. |
| Microwave Temperature Profiler | MTP-ER-2 | M.J. Mahoney | Microwave Radiometer | Measures atmospheric temperature |
| NOAA Lyman-alpha hygrometer | TW | Kenneth K. Kelly | In-situ hygrometer | Directly measures water vapor through sampling |
Keys Area Microphysics Project (KAMP)
| Name | Acronym | Principal Investigator | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT25K Laser Ceilometer | MIPS-Ceilometer | Kevin Knupp | Ceilometer | |
| MIPS Electric Field MIll | MIPS-EFM | Kevin Knupp | Field Mill | |
| MIPS Surface Station | MIPS-SFC1 | Kevin Knupp | Autmatic surface observing station | Surface observations of atmospheric conditions |
| MIPS Surface Station 2 | MIPS-SFC2 | Kevin Knupp | Surface observation station | |
| MIPS-Sodar | MIPS-Sodar | Kevin Knupp | Sodar | |
| Microwave Profiling Radiometer | MIPS-MPR | Kevin Knupp | Microwave radiometer | |
| Mobile Integrated Profiling System 915 MHz Wind Profiler | MIPS-915 | Kevin Knupp | 915 MHz Doppler Profiler, 4 others | |
| Mobile X-band Polarimetric Weather Radar | X-POW | Emmanouil N. Anagnostou | Doppler scanning radar -9.3 GHz: X-band h/v pol. | Measures vertical distribution of radar reflectivity and rainfall rates |
| NASA Portable S-band Multiparameter Weather Research Radar | NPOL | Dr. John Gerlach | S-band radar | Measures vertical distribution of radar reflectivity and rainfall rates |
| Shared Mobile Atmospheric Research and Teaching (SMART) Radars | SMART | Michael Biggerstaff | C-band Doppler radar | |
| TOGA | Dr. John Gerlach |
