AIRCRAFT RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION

C-130 N130AR û Project No. 8-101

Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean (SHEBA)

J. Curry, et al.

 

Data Acquisition

¸ Airborne Data System II (Motorola 68040 based), consisting of four (4) Distributed Sampling Modules (DSMs), one in each wing pod and two in the cabin.

¸ SunSPARC 10-402, PowerVideo board, 16" High Resolution Color Monitor, Exabyte Model EXB-8505 Tape Drives (2 units), 1 Gigabyte External Disk (2), Sun CD-ROM Drive, Diamond Trackball, HP3630 PaintJet Printer, Powerware Prestige Model 800 UPS, 7" intercom control panel, located at the RAF system operatorÆs station.

¸ Sony XC-999 VHS Color Cameras (3 units) with JVC Model HR-S4700U Super VHS Video Recorders (3 units), Horita GPS Video Titler. Cameras mounted forward, left side, and down looking.

 

User Displays

¸ SunSPARC 5, 16" High Resolution Color Monitor, HP1200C/PS DeskJet printer, Diamond Trackball, Powerware Prestige Model 800 UPS û located at flight scientistÆs station on the flight deck.

¸ SunSPARC 5, Color Monitor, Trackball, UPS Unit û located in forward cabin, left side rack.

¸ SunSPARC 5, Color Monitor, Trackball, UPS Unit û located in aft cabin, forward left side rack.

¸ Sun SPARCstation IPC, Color Monitor, Trackball, UPS Unit û located in aft cabin, back center rack.

 

Aircraft Position, Velocity, and Attitude

¸ Honeywell Model HG1095-AC03 Laseref SM Inertial Reference System, S/N 432.

¸ Trimble TANS III Global Positioning System (GPS).

 

Static Pressures

¸ Rosemount Model 1501 Digital Pressure Transducer (PSFD) û Fuselage Port.

¸ Rosemount Model 1201F1 Pressure Transducer (PSF) û Fuselage Port.

¸ Ruska Model 7885 Pressure Transducer (XPSFD) û Fuselage Port. (Sensor output unreliable; data not included in netCDF data files.)

 

Dynamic Pressures

¸ Rosemount Model 1221F1VL (QCR) û Radome.

¸ Rosemount Model 1221F1VL (QCF) û Fuselage Pitot.

 

Temperatures

¸ Rosemount Type 102 Non-deiced Sensor, Rosemount Model 510BF Amplifier (TTRL) û Left Radome Port.

¸ Rosemount Type 102 Non-deiced Sensor, Rosemount Model 510BF Amplifier (TTRR) û Right Radome Port.

¸ Rosemount Type 102E Deiced Sensor, Rosemount Model 510BF Amplifier û Left Inboard Wing Access Plate (TTWH).

¸ OPHIR III Radiometric Thermometer (OAT) û Left Aft Fuselage Mount.

 

Flow Angle Sensors

¸ Attack û Rosemount Model 1221F1VL Differential Pressure Transducer (ADIFR), Radome.

¸ Sideslip û Rosemount Model 1221F1VL Differential Pressure Transducer (BDIFR), Radome.

 

Dew Point and Humidity

¸ General Eastern Model 1011B Dew Point Hygrometer (DPB) û Right Radome Port.

¸ General Eastern Model 1011B Dew Point Hygrometer (DPT) û Right Radome Port.

¸ NCAR Model LA-3 Lyman-Alpha Hygrometer (VLA) û Left Radome Mount.

¸ NCAR Model Crossflow Lyman-Alpha Hygrometer (VLA1) û Left Radome Mount.

¸ NCAR Ultraviolet (UV) Hygrometer (MRUV) û Right Forward Fuselage Port.

¸ NCAR Cryogenic Dewpoint Hygrometer (DPCRC) û Left Forward Fuselage Inlet.

 

Radiation Fluxes

¸ Visible Radiation: RAF Modified Eppley Model PSP Pyranometers û Upward looking (SWT), Downward looking (SWB) û Centerline Mid-Fuselage.

¸ Infrared Radiation: RAF Modified Eppley Model PIR Pyrgeometers û Upward looking (IRT), Downward looking (IRB) û Centerline Mid-Fuselage.

¸ Ultraviolet Radiation: RAF Modified Eppley Model TUVR Pyranometers û Upward looking (UVT), Downward looking (UVB) û Centerline Mid-Fuselage.

¸ Remote Surface Temperature: RAF Modified, Temperature Controlled, Heimann Model KT19.85 Infrared Radiation Thermometers û 2 units (RSTB and RSTB1) û Downward Looking.

 

Geometric Altitude

¸ Steward-Warner Model APN-232(v), HGM232 û Fuselage Mount, 0 to 15,000 m AGL.

 

Aerosol and Cloud Physics

¸ Particle Measuring Systems (CSIRO-King) Hot Wire Liquid Water Sensor (PLWC) û Left Wing.

¸ Particle Measuring Systems (CSIRO-King) Hot Wire Liquid Water Sensor (PLWC1) û Right Wing.

¸ Gerber PVM-100 Liquid Water Probe (XGLWC) û Left Wing Pod, Outboard Mount.

¸ Rosemount Model 871FA Icing Rate Detector (RICE) û Right Wing

¸ TSI Condensation Nuclei (CN) Counter û Left Forward Fuselage Inlet.

¸ Particle Measuring Systems Model PCASP û 0.1-3.0 m m, Left Wing Tip.

¸ Particle Measuring Systems Model FSSP-300 û 0.3-20.0 m m, Right Wing Pod, Outboard Mount.

¸ Particle Measuring Systems Model FSSP-100 û 2.0-50.0 m m diameter particles, Left Wing Pod, Inboard Mount.

¸ Particle Measuring Systems 260X Probe û 40-840 m m, Left Wing Tip.

¸ Particle Measuring Systems Model 2DC Probe û 25-800 m m, Right Wing Tip.

¸ Particle Measuring Systems Model 2DP Probe û 200-6400 m m, Right Wing Tip.

¸ Multiangle Aerosol Spectrometer Probe (MASP) û 0.4-40.0 m m, Right Wing Pod, Center Mount.

¸ NCAR/RAF Small Community Aerosol Inlet (SCAI) û Forward Right Fuselage Mount.

 

Remote Sensing Instrumentation

¸ Airborne Imaging Microwave Radiometer (AIMR) û Aft Cabin Mount. (Supported by NCAR/RSF.)

¸ NCAR/RAF Multichannel Cloud Radiometer (MCR) û Right Wing Pod.

 

User-Supplied Instrumentation

¸ CCN Spectrometers, CN Counter, and CCN Calibration Rack û Jim Hudson (DRI) û Right Fuselage, Forward Cabin, Attached to SCAI.

¸ Ice Nucleus Counter û Dave Rogers (CSU) û Right Fuselage, Forward Cabin, Attached to SCAI. (Flown May phase of SHEBA only.)

¸ SPEC Cloud Particle Imager (CPI) û Paul Lawson (SPEC) û Right Wing Pod, Inboard Mount.

¸ Broadband [TSBR (2 units) and IRBR (2 units)] and Spectral (TDDR and MCRV) Radiometers û Francisco Valero (Scripps) û Top and Bottom Fuselage Mounts.

¸ Cloudscope û John Hallett (DRI) û Left Wing Pod, Center Mount. (Flown May phase of SHEBA only.)