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Cloud Particle Imager (CPI) Data from TRMM LBA
OverviewIn the interest of improving techniques for hydrometeor identification from in-situ microphysical observations during TRMM LBA, the new Cloud Particle Imager (CPI) manufactured by Spec, Inc. was deployed on the University of North Dakota (UND) CESSNA Citation II aircraft. This probe gives vastly improved images of cloud and precipitation particles compared to conventional 2D PMS probes. The Citation's payload combined the CPI, the High Volume Precipitation Spectrometer (HVPS) and a conventional 2D probe yielding an unprecedented characterization of particle types and particle size distributions. SponsorThe distribution of these data sets is funded by NASA's Earth Science Enterprise. The data are not copyrighted; however, we request that when you publish data or results using these data, please acknowledge as follows: The authors wish to thank Dr. Andrew Heymsfield, MMM Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) for the production of these data and the Data and Information Services Center(Code 610.2) at the Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, 20771, which archives and distributes them under sponsorship of NASA's Earth Science Enterprise. Data Access and ContactsSPEC CPI images from the Citation flight of February 23, 1999, are available online. Selected images from Flight leg brazil_02232048.tar have been unpacked for viewing by the browser. An animation from the flight of February 21, 1999 is also online. The CPI data reside on DISC anonymous FTP. You may access them from this document,
Points of ContactThe Principal Investigator for the CPI data is Senior Scientist MMM Division, NCAR 3450 Mitchell Lane Boulder, Colorado 80301 heyms1@ncar.ucar.edu 303-497-8943 (voice) 303-497-8171 (fax) For additional information, please contact the GES DISC User Services:
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Code 610.2 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD 20771 301-614-5224 Email: help-disc@listserv.gsfc.nasa.gov | ||||
Last update:Wed Dec 24 08:25:10 EST 2003
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