GRIP CLOUD MICROPHYSICS V1

Description

The GRIP Cloud Microphysics dataset was collected during the GRIP campaign from three probes: the Cloud, Aerosol, and Precipitation Spectrometer (CAPS), the Precipitation Imaging Probe (PIP), and the Cloud Droplet Probe (CDP). All are manufactured by Droplet Measurement Technologies in Boulder, CO. The CAPS is a combination of two probes, the Cloud Imaging Probe-Greyscale (CIP-G), and the Cloud and Aerosol Spectrometer (CAS). Images of particles are recorded by the CIP-G and PIP, while the CAS probe measures particle size distribution from 0.55 to 52.5 microns and the CDP measures ice amount. Some ice/liquid water content are derived from the particle size distribution. The major goal was to better understand how tropical storms form and develop into major hurricanes. NASA used the DC-8 aircraft, the WB-57 aircraft and the Global Hawk Unmanned Airborne System (UAS), configured with a suite of in situ and remote sensing instruments that were used to observe and characterize the lifecycle of hurricanes. Data was collected 13 Aug 2010 through 25 Sep 2010.

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%2FGRIP%2FMULTIPLE%2FDATA201
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=gripcaps
34 Sample browse image https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/browse_sample/fieldCampaigns/grip/gripcaps/gripcaps_08172010_180600_PIP.png
21 GRIP Cloud Microphysics: (CAPS), (PIP), AND (CDP) https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/doc/grip/gripcaps/grip_microphysics_readme.txt
21 The home page for the project or program which sponsored the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/GRIP
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/grip/gripcaps/gripcaps_dataset.html
34 Sample browse image https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/browse_sample/fieldCampaigns/grip/gripcaps/gripcaps_08172010_180600_CIPG.png
21 N/A https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/grip/CAPS_PIP_CDP/browse/

Tags

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

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