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Instrument

3V-CPI
Three-View Cloud Particle Imager

The Three-View Particle Imager (3V-CPI) is an in situ airborne spectrometer and particle imager manufactured by SPEC, Inc. The 3V-CPI is a combined Cloud Particle Imager (CPI) and a 2D-Stereo Particle Probe (2D-S). Its main capabilities is collecting high-resolution imagery which are utilized to determine the size, shape, and concentration of hydrometeors. The 3V-CPI contains a resolution of 10 μm and can detect hydrometeors up to 1280 μm.

Image of the 3VCPI instrument
NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory passes Antarctica's tallest peak, Mount Vinson, on Oct. 22, 2012, during a flight over the continent to measure changes in the massive ice sheet and sea ice. Credit: NASA/Michael Studinger (Photography courtesy NASA Images)

Overview

Instrument Details

Spectrometer/Radiometer
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Droplet Size
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Clouds > Cloud Microphysics > Cloud Condensation Nuclei
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Hydrometeors
Troposphere
400 frames/sec
10 μm
N/A
https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH2096.1External Link

  • Jorge Jensen

  • Jorge Jensen

  • Stratton Park Engineering Company

  • Currently unavailable

  • Currently unavailable

    • data center outside NASA

Instrument Operation

DC3

Deep Convective Clouds & Chemistry

2012
Northeastern Colorado, West Texas to Central Oklahoma, Northern Alabama
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1 Deployment
· 19 Data Products

Data Products