The Three-View Particle Imager (3V-CPI) is a spectrometer that measures the size, shape, and concentration of hydrometeors. The 3V-CPI was designed by Stratton Park Engineering Company and is a combination of two of their instruments: the 2D-S and the CPI. The 2D-S probes have a 9mm resolution while the CPI probe produces images with a pixel size that's roughly 2.3 micrometers. This enables the 3V-CPI to produce high resolution images of crystals and other hydrometeors such as: rain, drizzle and large cloud droplets. The 3V-CPI is currently housed at the Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) facility.
Instrument Details
- Spectrometer/Radiometer
- Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Droplet SizeEarth Science > Atmosphere > Clouds > Cloud Microphysics > Cloud Condensation NucleiEarth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Hydrometeors
- Troposphere
- 400 frames/sec
- 10μm
- This data will be added in future versions
- https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH2096.1
Jorge Jensen
Fan Mei
Stratton Park Engineering Company
Department of Energy
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