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Instrument

FCDP
Fast Cloud Droplet Probe

The Fast Cloud Droplet Probe (FCDP) is an in-situ airborne cloud probe manufactured by SPEC Inc. FCDP measures the concentration and size of cloud droplets by detecting the amount of light scattered by the particles. It measures particles within the diameter size range of 1.5-50 microns and has a typical measurement frequency of 1 Hz.

Image of the FCDP
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

Meter/Analyzer
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Clouds > Cloud Microphysics > Particle Size Distribution
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Clouds > Cloud Microphysics > Cloud Droplet Concentration/size
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Clouds > Cloud Droplet Distribution
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Clouds > Cloud Microphysics
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Clouds > Cloud Microphysics > Cloud Liquid Water/ice
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Clouds
Troposphere
1 Hz
Point
N/A
External Linkhttp://www.specinc.com/sites/default/files/software_and_manuals/FCDP_Post%20Processing%20Software%20Manual_rev2.6_20121027.pdf

  • Sarah Woods, Paul Lawson

  • Sarah Woods

  • SPEC Inc.

  • Currently unavailable

  • Currently unavailable

    • data center outside NASA

Instrument Operation

SEAC4RS

Studies of Emissions and Atmospheric Composition, Clouds and Climate Coupling by Regional Surveys

2013
North America including portions of Canada, Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico
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1 Deployment
· 20 Data Products
CAMP2Ex

Clouds, Aerosol, and Monsoon Processes-Philippines Experiment

2019
Philippines
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1 Deployment
· 11 Data Products
SEAC4RS

Studies of Emissions and Atmospheric Composition, Clouds and Climate Coupling by Regional Surveys

2013
North America including portions of Canada, Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico
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1 Deployment
· 20 Data Products
ATTREX

Airborne Tropical Tropopause Experiment

2011—2015
California, Guam, Tropics
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4 Deployments
· 3 Data Products
MACPEX

Mid-latitude Airborne Cirrus Properties Experiment

2011
Central United States, based out of Ellington, Texas
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1 Deployment
· 7 Data Products
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ACCLIP

Asian Summer Monsoon Chemical & Climate Impact Project

2022
West Pacific, South Korea
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1 Deployment
· 4 Data Products
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POSIDON

Pacific Oxidants, Sulfur, Ice, Dehydration, and cONvection

2016
Guam, western Pacific
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1 Deployment
· 0 Data Products
SEAC4RS

Studies of Emissions and Atmospheric Composition, Clouds and Climate Coupling by Regional Surveys

2013
North America including portions of Canada, Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico
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1 Deployment
· 20 Data Products
CAMP2Ex

Clouds, Aerosol, and Monsoon Processes-Philippines Experiment

2019
Philippines
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1 Deployment
· 11 Data Products
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ACTIVATE

Aerosol Cloud meTerology Interactions oVer the western ATlantic Experiment

2020—2022
Western North Atlantic Ocean
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6 Deployments
· 9 Data Products
G-1

Gulfstream-159

1 Campaign · 26 Instruments

Data Products

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Douglas DC-8