CAMEX-3 CLOUD AND AEROSOL PARTICLE CHARACTERIZATION VIDEO V1

CAPAC is a series of three instruments: the Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probe model 300 (FSSP-300), the Two Dimensional Optical Array Probes [Cloud and Precipitation Probes (2D-P)] and the CAPAC video. These instruments flew during CAMEX-3 upon the NASA DC-8 mounted on the left wing. Cloud and aerosol particles were exposed to laser light to measure particle size from 0.3 micrometer to 6.4 millimeter, and both size and shape between 40 micrometer and 6.4 millimeter particle diameter as function of particle size. The size distributions thus determined were integrated to yield particle surface area, and ice and liquid water contents in clouds and precipitation. CAPAC videos are a visual record of the particles and hydrometeors passing through the instrument housing. The purpose of the CAMEX-3 mission was to study hurricanes over land and ocean in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and Western Atlantic Ocean in coordination with multiple aircraft and research-quality radar, lightning, radiosonde and rain gauge sites. For further information and to obtain this data, please contact GHRC at [e-mail]

CAPAC系由三件仪器组成：前向散射光谱仪探头型号300（FSSP-300）、二维光学阵列探头[云与降水探头（2D-P）]以及CAPAC视频。这些仪器在CAMEX-3任务期间搭载于NASA DC-8飞机左侧机翼进行飞行。云和气溶胶粒子被激光照射，以测量粒子大小从0.3微米至6.4毫米，并记录40微米至6.4毫米粒子直径范围内的大小与形状，这些参数随粒子大小的变化而变化。据此确定的尺寸分布被整合，以得出粒子表面积，以及云和降水中的冰和液态水含量。CAPAC视频是对粒子和水汽通过仪器外壳的视觉记录。CAMEX-3任务的目的是在协调多架飞机和高质量雷达、闪电、无线电探空仪及雨量计站点的情况下，研究美国墨西哥湾、加勒比海和西大西洋地区的陆上和海洋飓风。如需更多信息或获取此数据，请联系GHRC，邮箱为[e-mail]。