Ancillary Instruments
The following items were at one time deployed in the Radar Observatory at South P Lot (Lot 40).
Microwave Radiometer Profiler (MWR)
- Model: Radiometrics MP-1510
- Measurements: Liquid water path, water vapor profile, black body temperature
- Frequency channel: 22.2, 23.0, 23.8, 26.2, 30.0 GHz
Parsivel Disdrometer
- Measurements: size, number, and fall speed of precipitation particles
- Measurement technology: Laser optical, forward scattering
- Wavelength: 650 nm
- Measuring surface: 54 cm²
- Particle size: 0.062 – 24.5 mm (32 bins)
- Velocity: 0.05 – 20.5 m/s (32 bins)
Ceilometer CL51
- Measurements: Lidar backscatter, cloud base
- Wavelength: 910 nm
- Raw range resolution: 10 m
- Maximum range: 15 km
Ceilometer CT25k
- Measurements: Lidar backscatter, cloud base
- Wavelength: 905 nm
- Raw range resolution: 7 m
- Maximum range: 7.5 km
- Time resolution: 15 s
Pluvio Weighing Gauge
- Measurement: Liquid equivalent precipitation amount
- Collecting area: 400 cm²
- Resolution: 0.1 mm
Graw-E Sounding System
- Model: GFM-09
- Measurements: temperature, humidity, wind speed, wind direction
- Pressure: calculated from GPS height
Solar Tracker
- Measurement: Solar radiation
Multi Angle Snow Camera (MASC)
- Measurements: 9 to 37 micron resolution stereographic photographs of hydrometeors at three angles
- Sensitive to snowflake sizes ranging from 100 micrometers to 10 cm
- Installed in collaboration with NCSU