CAMEX-3 CLOUD AND AEROSOL PARTICLE CHARACTERIZATION VIDEO V1

Description

CAPAC is a series of three instruments: the Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probe model 300 (FSSP-300), the Two Dimensional Optical Array Probes [Cloud and Precipitation Probes (2D-P)] and the CAPAC video. These instruments flew during CAMEX-3 upon the NASA DC-8 mounted on the left wing. Cloud and aerosol particles were exposed to laser light to measure particle size from 0.3 micrometer to 6.4 millimeter, and both size and shape between 40 micrometer and 6.4 millimeter particle diameter as function of particle size. The size distributions thus determined were integrated to yield particle surface area, and ice and liquid water contents in clouds and precipitation. CAPAC videos are a visual record of the particles and hydrometeors passing through the instrument housing. The purpose of the CAMEX-3 mission was to study hurricanes over land and ocean in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and Western Atlantic Ocean in coordination with multiple aircraft and research-quality radar, lightning, radiosonde and rain gauge sites. For further information and to obtain this data, please contact GHRC at support-ghrc@earthdata.nasa.gov

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FCAMEX-3%2FCAMERA%2FDATA201
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-3/CAMERA/DATA201
21 Instructions for citing GHRC data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data
21 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/uso/ds_docs/camex3/dc8capac/dc8capac_dataset.html
21 The home page for the project or program which sponsored the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/CAMEX3

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  • precipitation
  • aerosols
  • atmosphere
  • clouds
  • earth-science

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