GCPEX Core Instruments
Instrument PI's: Please provide or update information for your instrument and datasets by completing the Dataset Instrument Survey. The survey should be returned to GHRC User Services.
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Ground Instruments |
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| Instrument Name | Product Description | Provider | Principal Investigator |
| C-band Dual Pol. Radar (scanning) |
4-D Precipitation |
EC King City Radar |
D. Hudak/Paul Joe |
| W-band vertically pointing |
Cloud/hydrometeor profiles |
McGill U. |
P. Kollias |
| X-band vertically pointing |
Hydrometeor profiles |
McGill U. |
P. Kollias |
| Ground-Staring Radiometer |
1.4, 19, 37-89 GHz snow pack water equivalent |
EC Climate |
C. Derksen |
| Dual Polarization Radiometer |
89 and 150 GHz (scanning ground and atmos) |
U. Bonn |
P. Savedra |
| Two-dimensional Video Disdrometer | DSD/Radar Cal. | GPM | W. Petersen |
| Parsivel Disdrometers |
DSD/precip. |
GPM | W. Petersen |
| Snow LWE proves | SWE/rate on/at ground | GPM (Duke U.) | PI Ana Barrow |
| ADMIRARI Radiometer/MRR | Combined cloud and rainwater retrievals | U. Bonn/Leicester | PI A. Battaglia |
| MRR | DSD profiling,precip rate, melting layer | NASA/EC | W. Petersen/P. Joe/A. Battaglia |
| OTT Pluvio2 Weighing Gauges | Precip rate | GPM | GPM (Petersen/Tokay) |
| Automatic sounding System | T/P/RH profiles | EC CARE | D. Hudak, CARE Site |
| Twice-daily Soundings | T/P/RH profiles at Tallinn, S. Petersburg, and Jokioinen | University of Wyoming | |
| POSS | DSD/precip rate | EC | Hudak |
| Profiling Lidar | Backscatter at 2 wavelengths | EC CARE | Hudak |
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Aircraft |
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| Instrument Name | Product Description | Provider | Principal Investigator |
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APR-2 |
Ka-Ku Ze + Dual-pol moments |
GPM |
Durden/Tanelli |
| CoSMIR | 50-183 GHz TB | GPM | Skofronick-Jackson |
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| King Hot wire |
Cloud liquid water |
UND |
Poellot/Heymsfield |
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2DC |
Particle size distribution and type |
UND |
Poellot/Heymsfield |
| CPI |
Cloud Particle Imager |
UND |
Poellot/Heymsfield |
| CIP | Cloud Imaging Probe (0.15 - 1.5 mm) |
UND | Poellot/Heymsfield |
| CDP | Dloud droplet spectra (2 - 50 m) |
UND | Poellot/Heymsfield |
| Nevzorov | Liquid and Total water content | UND | Poellot/Heymsfield |
| HVPS-3 | Particle sizing (0.15 - 19.2 mm) |
UND | Poellot/Heymsfield |
| Rosemount icing rate meter | Detection of super cooled water | UND | Poellot/Heymsfield |
| Dew point (chilled mirror) | Dewpoint T (-60° to 40°C) |
UND | Poellot/Heymsfield |
| Temperature | -60° to 40°C | UND | Poellot/Heymsfield |
| CN Counter | 10 nm cut | UND | Poellot/Heymsfield |
| Winds | UND | Poellot/Heymsfield | |
| Water Vapor | 125-30000 ppmv | UND | Poellot/Heymsfield |
| Pressure | 0-1034 mb | UND | Poellot/Heymsfield |
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Satellite |
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| Instrument Name | Product Description | Provider | Principal Investigator |
| CloudSat |
W-band reflectivity, Cloud geometric profile, LWC/IWC profile, precipitation type/rate |
L'Ecuyer |
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| MODIS |
IR TBs, visible TBs, cloud mask, LWP, IWP, effective radius |
L'Ecuyer |
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AMSR-E |
Polarized TBs (6.9-89 GHz), SST, CWV, LWP, rain rate |
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L'Ecuyer |
| AMSU-B |
TBs (89-183 GHz), rain/snow incidence, rain rate |
L'Ecuyer |
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