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King Probe
King (CSIRO) Liquid Water Probe

The King Probe is an in situ airborne cloud instrument developed by Warren King (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) and manufactured by Particle Measuring Systems (PMS) and Droplet Measurement Technologies (DMT). It measures cloud liquid water content (LWC) by detecting the heat released during droplet vaporization. It operates at a constant temperature of approximately 100°C and outputs data at 1 to 10 Hz. The probe is commonly used in studies of cloud microphysics and aircraft icing.

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
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Clouds > Cloud Microphysics > Cloud Liquid Water/ice
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Clouds
Troposphere
1 Hz, 10 Hz
Point
N/A
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(1985)002%3C0340:IWTTOT%3E2.0.CO;2External Link

Instrument Operation

OLYMPEX

Olympic Mountains Experiment

2015—2016
Olympic Peninsula in U.S. Washington State
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1 Deployment
· 36 Data Products
GCPEx

GPM Cold Season Precipitation Experiment

2012
Ontario, Canada and northern portions of the United States (e.g., New York state, the New England area, etc.)
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1 Deployment
· 44 Data Products
MC3E

Mid-latitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment

2011
Central Oklahoma, Southern Plains
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1 Deployment
· 34 Data Products
RADEX

Radar Definition Experiment

2014—2015
Southeastern United States, North Carolina (NC); Olympic Peninsula, Washington (WA) State
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2 Deployments
· 22 Data Products
IPHEx

Integrated Precipitation and Hydrology Experiment

2014
Southern Appalachians, including portions of North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia
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1 Deployment
· 47 Data Products
GCPEx

GPM Cold Season Precipitation Experiment

2012
Ontario, Canada and northern portions of the United States (e.g., New York state, the New England area, etc.)
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1 Deployment
· 44 Data Products
C3VP

Canadian CloudSat/CALIPSO Validation Project

2006—2007
Ontario, Canada
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1 Deployment
· 6 Data Products
FIRE

First International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

1986—1998
Central and Midwest United States, California Coast, Northwest Africa, Alaska
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5 Deployments
· 131 Data Products
BOREAS

Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

1994—1996
Boreal forests of central Canada
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2 Deployments
· 303 Data Products
FIFE

First International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) Field Experiment

1987—1989
Central Kansas
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2 Deployments
· 115 Data Products
FIRE

First International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

1986—1998
Central and Midwest United States, California Coast, Northwest Africa, Alaska
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5 Deployments
· 131 Data Products
CaPE

Convection and Precipitation/Electrification Experiment

1991
East-Central Florida
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1 Deployment
· 0 Data Products
INTEX-NA

Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment - North America

2004—2006
North America, Gulf of Mexico, North Pacific Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean
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2 Deployments
· 21 Data Products
TCSP

Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes

2005
Costa Rica, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, eastern North Pacific
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1 Deployment
· 14 Data Products
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ORACLES

Observations of Aerosols above Clouds and their Interactions

2016—2018
Southeastern Atlantic Ocean, Southern Africa
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3 Deployments
· 8 Data Products
CAMEX

Convection and Moisture Experiment

1993—2001
US Atlantic coast, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean
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4 Deployments
· 70 Data Products
IMPACTS

Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms

2020—2023
Eastern United States
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3 Deployments
· 73 Data Products
CalNex

California Research at the Nexus of Air Quality and Climate Change

2010
California
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1 Deployment
· 0 Data Products
C-131A

Convair C-131 Samaritan

5 Campaigns · 32 Instruments
TARFOX

Tropospheric Aerosol Radiative Forcing Observational Experiment

1996
Western Atlantic Ocean, US Eastern Seaboard
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1 Deployment
· 5 Data Products
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SCAR

Smoke/Sulfates, Clouds, and Radiation

1993—1995
Mid-Atlantic, Pacific Northwest, Central Brazil
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3 Deployments
· 6 Data Products
MAST

Monterey Area Ship Track

1994
Central California Coast, Pacific Ocean
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1 Deployment
· 0 Data Products
CEPEX

Central Equatorial Pacific Experiment

1993
Central Pacific Ocean
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1 Deployment
· 0 Data Products
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TOGA COARE

Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere - Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment

1992—1993
Western Pacific Ocean, Coral Sea
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1 Deployment
· 1 Data Product
FIRE

First International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

1986—1998
Central and Midwest United States, California Coast, Northwest Africa, Alaska
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5 Deployments
· 131 Data Products
BOREAS

Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

1994—1996
Boreal forests of central Canada
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2 Deployments
· 303 Data Products
Sabreliner

NCAR Sabreliner

3 Campaigns · 21 Instruments
FIRE

First International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

1986—1998
Central and Midwest United States, California Coast, Northwest Africa, Alaska
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5 Deployments
· 131 Data Products
PACE-PAX

Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem Postlaunch Airborne eXperiment

2024
Southern and Central California
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1 Deployment
· 14 Data Products
MILAGRO

Megacity Initiative: Local and Global Research Observations

2006
Mexico City Metropolitan Area
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1 Deployment
· 0 Data Products
G-II

Gulfstream II

1 Campaign · 13 Instruments
Wakasa Bay Experiment

Wakasa Bay Experiment

2003
Wakasa Bay, Japan, Sea of Japan, Western Pacific Ocean
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1 Deployment
· 0 Data Products
FIRE

First International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

1986—1998
Central and Midwest United States, California Coast, Northwest Africa, Alaska
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5 Deployments
· 131 Data Products

Data Products

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Campaigns
CAMPAIGNS
Platforms
PLATFORMS
Formats
FORMATS
10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/TARFOX/0002External Link
10.5067/CAMEX-4/MULTIPLE/DATA103External Link
P-3 Orion
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/GCPEX/MULTIPLE/DATA203External Link
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/MC3E/MULTIPLE/DATA201External Link
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IPHEX/MULTIPLE/DATA201External Link
10.5067/IMPACTS/MULTIPLE/DATA101External Link
P-3 Orion
Douglas DC-8
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/OLYMPEX/MULTIPLE/DATA201External Link
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/LPVEX/MULTPLE/DATA202External Link
10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/SCAR_B/0001External Link
Binary
10.3334/ORNLDAAC/8External Link
10.3334/ORNLDAAC/5External Link
10.3334/ORNLDAAC/11External Link
P-3 Orion
ICARTT
10.3334/ORNLDAAC/495External Link
10.3334/ORNLDAAC/237External Link