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Instrumentation Available by Special Arrangement
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The following instruments are not covered by NSF Deployment
Pool Funds and require a separate funding source. They also require
considerably more resources, often need special data handling and may
require a dedicated on-board operator. The number and/or combination of
instruments may exceed RAF's personnel and/or hardware resource limits. |
| Description |
Special Considerations |
Data Rate(s) |
Name |
| Multi-channel Cloud Radiometer |
B, D |
High |
MCR |
| Counterflow Virtual Impactor |
A, B, D |
Low, High |
CVI |
| Airborne Imaging Microwave Radiometer |
A, B, C, D |
High |
AIMR |
| Low-turbulence Inlet |
B |
Low, High |
LTI |
| Cloud Particle Imager |
A, B, C, D |
High |
CPI |
| Wyoming Cloud Radar |
A, B, C, D, E |
High |
WCR |
| Scanning Aerosol Backscatter Lidar |
A, B, C, D, E |
High |
SABL |
Special Considerations:
A Instrument requires a dedicated operator on board the aircraft.
B Special software tools are required for routine processing, display
and analysis of the data acquired by this instrument.
C Data recorded on a separate data acquisition system, not on RAF's
ADS.
D Data acquired by this instrument requires unique post-processing.
E This instrument requires filling out a separate request form
(available in this document). |
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