Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Climate Research Facility US Department of Energy
 
 

Evaluation & Upgrades to ARM FFSSP and FCDP

15 June 2011 - 30 November 2011

Lead Scientist: Paul Lawson

Observatory: osc, osc

Both FCDP and FFSSP probes were acquired by DOE under the ARRA procurement program. These are advanced versions of the FSSP and CDP. Both the FCDP and FFSSP incorporate state-of-the-art electronics that process and record particle-by-particle measurements that are used to remove shattered ice particles, coincidence and additional statistical measurements. The FCDP also incorporates a slit-based optical system that is designed to reduce uncertainties in sample volume determination. SPEC, Inc. evaluated the performance of these ARM probes.

Timeline

  • Child Campaign

2011

Lawson RP. 2011. "Effects of ice particles shattering on the 2D-S probe." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 4(7), 10.5194/amt-4-1361-2011.

Lawson P and B Baker. 2011. Effects of Ice Crystals Shattering on Probe Tips. Presented at Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Science Team Meeting.


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Campaign Data Sets

IOP Participant Data Source Name Final Data
Paul Lawson 2D-S Particle Size Order Data
Paul Lawson Cloud Particle Imager (CPI) Order Data
Paul Lawson Fast Cloud Droplet Probe (FCDP) Order Data
Paul Lawson High Volume Precip Spectrometer Order Data