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Instrument

PIP
Precipitation and Imaging Probe

The Precipitation and Imaging Probe (PIP) is an airborne optical spectrometer developed by Droplet Measurement Technologies. It measures the size and shape of particles from 100 to 6200 μm and provides two-dimensional images with a 100 μm pixel resolution. PIP operates at 660 nm and typically samples every second. It has a sample area of 260 mm by 6.2 mm and can operate at airspeeds of 10 to 200 meters per second.

Image of the PIP probe
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 > Clouds > Cloud Microphysics > Particle Size Distribution
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Clouds > Cloud Microphysics > Cloud Droplet Concentration/size
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Clouds > Cloud Microphysics
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Droplet Size
Troposphere
0.1-10 Hz
260 mm x 6.2 mm
454 THz
https://dropletmeasure.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/DOC-0120-K-1-PIP-Manual.pdfExternal Link

Instrument Operation

OLYMPEX

Olympic Mountains Experiment

2015—2016
Olympic Peninsula in U.S. Washington State
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1 Deployment
· 36 Data Products
ICE-POP

International Collaborative Experiment for PyeongChang Olympic and Paralympics

2017—2018
South Korea
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1 Deployment
· 5 Data Products
IMPACTS

Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms

2020—2023
Eastern United States
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3 Deployments
· 73 Data Products
GRIP

Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes

2010
Tropical Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Eastern North Pacific, Caribbean Sea
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1 Deployment
· 24 Data Products
TC4

Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling

2007
Costa Rica, tropical Eastern Pacific
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1 Deployment
· 2 Data Products
NAMMA

NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses

2006
Cape Verde Islands, Atlantic Ocean
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1 Deployment
· 22 Data Products
HIWC

High Ice Water Content Radar Study

2015—2022
Southeastern United States, Florida, Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Southern California, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean
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3 Deployments
· 0 Data Products
ATOMIC

Atlantic Tradewind Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Interaction Campaign

2020
Tropical North Atlantic east of Barbados
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1 Deployment
· 1 Data Product
PECAN

Plains Elevated Convection at Night

2015
Great Plains, United States
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1 Deployment
· 0 Data Products

Data Products

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Campaigns
CAMPAIGNS
Platforms
PLATFORMS
Douglas DC-8
Douglas DC-8
10.5067/GPMGV/ICEPOP/PIP/DATA101External Link
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