GRIP CLOUD MICROPHYSICS V1

The GRIP Cloud Microphysics dataset was collected during the GRIP campaign from three probes: the Cloud, Aerosol, and Precipitation Spectrometer (CAPS), the Precipitation Imaging Probe (PIP), and the Cloud Droplet Probe (CDP). All are manufactured by Droplet Measurement Technologies in Boulder, CO. The CAPS is a combination of two probes, the Cloud Imaging Probe-Greyscale (CIP-G), and the Cloud and Aerosol Spectrometer (CAS). Images of particles are recorded by the CIP-G and PIP, while the CAS probe measures particle size distribution from 0.55 to 52.5 microns and the CDP measures ice amount. Some ice/liquid water content are derived from the particle size distribution. The major goal was to better understand how tropical storms form and develop into major hurricanes. NASA used the DC-8 aircraft, the WB-57 aircraft and the Global Hawk Unmanned Airborne System (UAS), configured with a suite of in situ and remote sensing instruments that were used to observe and characterize the lifecycle of hurricanes. Data was collected 13 Aug 2010 through 25 Sep 2010.

GRIP云微物理数据集采集于GRIP外场观测期间，所用探测仪器共三台：云、气溶胶与降水光谱仪（Cloud, Aerosol, and Precipitation Spectrometer, CAPS）、降水成像探测仪（Precipitation Imaging Probe, PIP）及云滴探测仪（Cloud Droplet Probe, CDP），所有仪器均由科罗拉多州博尔德市的Droplet Measurement Technologies公司制造。
CAPS为两台探测仪的组合体：灰度云成像探测仪（Cloud Imaging Probe-Greyscale, CIP-G）与云气溶胶光谱仪（Cloud and Aerosol Spectrometer, CAS）。其中CIP-G与PIP可记录粒子成像图像；CAS探测仪的测量量程覆盖0.55至52.5微米的粒子粒径分布，CDP则用于测量冰含量。部分冰/液态水含量可通过粒子粒径分布推导得到。本数据集的核心研究目标为深入解析热带风暴的形成机制及其发展为强飓风的过程。
美国国家航空航天局（NASA）使用了DC-8型航空器、WB-57型航空器以及全球鹰无人航空系统（Global Hawk Unmanned Airborne System, UAS），为其配置了一套原位与遥感探测仪器，用于观测并刻画飓风的完整生命周期。本次数据采集时段为2010年8月13日至2010年9月25日。