Project #2000-186 PELTI

Passing Efficiency of the Low-Turbulence Inlet

Barry Huebert

NSF/NCAR EC-130Q Hercules (N130AR)

Aircraft Research Instrumentation

 

RAF-Supplied Instrumentation:

  1. Airborne Data System
    1. Acquisition
      • EC-130Q ADS2 (VME Motorola 68040 based, with vxWorks)
      • NCAR Distributed Sampling Modules (4 units), one in each wing pod and two in cabin
    2. Operator Station
      • Intel L440GX+ motherboard with 2 Pentium III-500 CPUs, 512MB memory, Redhat Linux 6.2 OS
      • 9GB disk storage with RAID-1 (hardware mirroring using 2 drives)
      • General Digital 17" 1280x1024 TFT Flat Panel Color Monitor
      • IBM-DRHS36D 36GB Removable Disk Drives in Kingston Carriers (2 units)
      • Exabyte Model EXB-8505 Tape Drives (2 units)
      • UPS
    3. Forward Cabin User Display
      • Sun SPARCstation 5
      • PowerVideo Board
      • 16" High-Resolution Color Monitor
      • HP1200C/PS DeskJet Printer
      • Diamond Trackball
      • UPS
    4. Flight Deck Display
      • Sun SPARCstation 5
      • PowerVideo Board
      • 16" High-Resolution Color Monitor
      • HP1200C/PS DeskJet Printer
      • Diamond Trackball
      • UPS

  2. Aircraft Position, Velocity and Attitude
    1. Honeywell Model HG1095-AC03 Laseref SM Inertial Reference System (Research)
    2. Trimble TANS III Global Positioning System (GPS)

  3. Static Pressures
    1. Rosemount Model 1501 Digital Pressure Transducer - Fuselage Port (PSFD, PSFDC)
    2. Ruska Model 7885 Digital Pressure Transducer - Fuselage Port (PSFRD, PSFC)
    3. Rosemont Model 1201F1 Pressure Transducer - Cabin (PCAB)

  4. Dynamic (Pitot) Pressures
    1. Rosemount Model 1221F1VL - Radome (QCR, QCRC)
    2. Rosemount Model 1221F1VL - Fuselage Pitot (QCF, QCFC)

  5. Temperatures
    1. Rosemount Type 102 Non-deiced Sensor - Rosemount Model 510BF Amplifier - Right Radome Mount (TTRR, ATRR)
    2. Rosemount Type 102 Non-deiced Sensor - Rosemount Model 510BF Amplifier - Left Radome Mount (TTRL, ATRL)
    3. Rosemount Type 102E Deiced Sensor - Rosemount Model 510BF Amplifier - Left Inboard Wing Access Plate (TTWH, ATWH)

  6. Flow Angle Sensors, Radome
    1. Attack - Rosemount Model 1221F1VL Differential Pressure Transducer (ADIFR)
    2. Sideslip - Rosemount Model 1221F1VL Differential Pressure Transducer (BDIFR)

  7. Dew Point and Humidity
    1. General Eastern, Model 1011B Dew Point Hygrometer - Starboard Radome Mount (DPT, DPTC)
    2. General Eastern, Model 1011B Dew Point Hygrometer - Starboard Radome Mount (DPB, DPBC)
    3. NCAR Model Crossflow Lyman-Alpha Hygrometer - Left Radome Mount (VLA, MRLA, RHOLA)

  8. Cloud and Aerosol Physics
    1. Rosemount Model 871FA Icing Rate Detector - Right Inboard Wing Access Plate (RICE)
    2. PMS Liquid Water Sensor (King Probe) - Left Outboard Wing Access Plate (PLWC, PLWCC)
    3. PMS Liquid Water Sensor (King Probe) - Right Outboard Wing Access Plate (PLWC1, PLWCC1)
    4. PMS Liquid Water Sensor (King Probe) - Left Wing Pod (PLWC2, PLWCC2)
    5. Particle Measuring Systems Model PCASP, Size Distribution, 0.12 to 3.12 µm - Right Pod
    6. Particle Measuring Systems Model FSSP-300 (S/N 305), Size Distribution, 0.3 to 20 µm - Left Pod and Window Right (Cabin)
    7. Particle Measuring Systems Model FSSP-300 (S/N 304, Borrowed from T. Strawa at NASA), Size Distribution, 0.3 to 20.0 µm - Window Right (Cabin) and Left Pod
    8. Particle Measuring Systems Model FSSP-100 (S/N 122), Size Distribution, 3.0 to 45.0 µm - Left Pod
    9. Particle Measuring Systems Model FSSP-100 [Droplet Measurement Technologies (DMT)-Modified Serial] (S/N 109), Size Distribution, 3.0 to 45.0 µm - Right Pod
    10. TSI Model 3760 CN Counter, Size Distribution, 0.01 to 3.00 µm - Fuselage (Belly) Inlet (CONCN)
    11. Community Aerosol Inlet (CAI) - Starboard Fuselage Mount

  9. Radiation Fluxes
    1. Visible Radiation - RAF-Modified Eppley Model PSP Pyranometers (2 units in multipurpose radiometer housings on top and bottom of fuselage)
      • Upward looking (SWT, SWTC)
      • Downward looking (SWB)
    2. Ultraviolet Radiation - RAF-Modified Eppley Model TUVR Pyranometers (2 units in multipurpose radiometer housings on top and bottom of fuselage)
      • Upward looking (UVT)
      • Downward looking (UVB)
    3. Infrared Radiation - RAF-Modified Eppley Model PIR Pyrgeometers (2 units in multipurpose radiometer housings on top and bottom of fuselage)
      • Upward looking (IRT, IRTC)
      • Downward looking (IRB, IRBC)
    4. Remote Surface Temperature - Heimann Model KT19.85 Radiometers, 2 units, Downward looking (RSTB, RSTB1)

  10. Chemistry
    1. TECO Slow Response Ozone (O3) Monitor - Fuselage (Belly) Inlet Mount (TEO3C)

  11. Geometric Altitude
    1. Stewart-Warner Model APN-232(v) - Fuselage Mount, 0 to 15,000 Meters AGL (HGM232)

  12. Photography
    1. Sony XC-999 SVHS Color Camera with JVC Model HR-S4700U Super VHS Recorder (3 pairs)
      • Forward-looking (Cockpit Mounted)
      • Down Looking
      • Left Side Looking
    2. Horita GPS Video Titler

 

User-Supplied Instrumentation:

  1. University of Hawaii (B. Huebert, et al.)
    1. Total Aerosol Sampler (TAS) - Right Forward Fuselage Mount
    2. Particle Measuring Systems Model FSSP-300 [Droplet Measurement Technologies (DMT)-Modified Serial] (S/N 310), Size Distribution, 0.3 to 20.0 µm - Right Pod
    3. TSI Model 3020 Aerodynamic Particle Sizers (APSs) - 3 Units
    4. Radiance Research Model M903 Integrating Nephelometers - 4 Units
    5. Modified LAS-X Optical Particle Counter (OPC)
    6. Clarke Shrouded Solid-Diffuser/Curved-Tube Inlet (SD) - Left Forward Fuselage Mount
    7. 1 µm Teflon Filter Impactor System

  2. University of Denver (R. Seebaugh, B. LaFleur, and J. Wilson)
    1. Low-Turbulence Inlet (LTI) - Right Forward Fuselage Mount

  3. Arizona State University (J. Anderson)
    1. Pixe International Streakers with Nuclepore Filters (For SEM Analyses) - 3 Units

  4. Drexel University (A. Bandy, D. Thornton, G. Mitchell, and B. Blomquist)
    1. Atmospheric Pressure Ionization Mass Spectrometer (APIMS) for Dimethyl Sulfide (DMS) and Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Measurements - Left Forward Fuselage Inlet Mount
    2. Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) System for Dimethyl Sulfide (DMS) and Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Measurements - Left Forward Fuselage Inlet Mount

  5. Princeton University (L. Russell, et al.)
    1. Sodium Particle Detector for Submicron Sea Salt - CAI Manifold Connection
    2. Pixe Impactor for Single Particle Organic Classes - CAI Manifold Connection
    3. High-Flow Particle Concentrator and Dual Impactor for Bulk Organic Classes - CAI Manifold Connection
    4. Radially-Classified Aerosol Detector (RCAD) for Submicron Particle Size Distributions - CAI Manifold Connection

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