The Dual Optical Pulse Sensor (DOPS) is an airborne optical sensor used to study lightning in the atmosphere. It is an improved version of the Optical Pulse Sensor (OPS). DOPS measures lightning's duration, intensity, and waveform features. It operates on two channels centered at 500 and 777.4 nm with a sample duration of 0.328 seconds. It has a wide field of view (60 degrees) and can detect lightning during daylight conditions.

Instrument Details
- Optical/Photon
- Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Electricity > Lightning
- Troposphere
- 0.328 s
- N/A
- 386 THz, 600 THz
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(1988)027%3C1369:ACOTOP%3E2.0.CO;2
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