Identification

Title

HVPS-3 Data and Imagery

Alternative title(s)

638.015

Abstract

The HVPS-3 instrument, or High Volume Precipitation Spectrometer, is an open path optical array probe. Unlike the 2D-S, the HVPS has a single channel, which images cloud particles between about 150 microns - 19 mm in size, with 150 micron resolution, as they pass through the instrument sample volume. This imagery is used to calculate the concentration and cross-sectional area size distributions, and to estimate the mass size distribution of the observed cloud and precipitation particles. These variables are integrated across the size bins to obtain the total concentration, extinction, and estimated total water content over the observed size range, and is provided at a frequency of 1 Hz. The particle imagery can be utilized to infer cloud particle phase. This data does not cover the full size range of cloud particles, and should be analyzed in conjunction with complementary cloud probes, such as the CDP, 2D-S or 2DC, etc. This dataset contains HVPS-3 data and imagery collected aboard the NCAR C-130 during the CAESAR project.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/638.015

protocol: https

description: Dataset homepage

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/codiac/fgr_form/id=638.015

protocol: https

description: Dataset order request form. Data files are made available via HTTPS.

function: order

Unique resource identifier

code

638.015

codeSpace

Dataset language

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

dataset

originating controlled vocabulary

title

Resource Type

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2014-10-16

Keyword set

keyword value

NSF NCAR C-130

Keyword set

keyword value

Aircraft

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > HYDROMETEORS

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS > CLOUD DROPLET CONCENTRATION/SIZE

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS > CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD DROPLET DISTRIBUTION

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS > PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

originating controlled vocabulary

title

Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2018-02-27

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-14.00000

East bounding longitude

24.00000

North bounding latitude

82.00000

South bounding latitude

66.00000

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2024-02-28T11:40:00Z

End position

2024-04-03T16:00:00Z

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2025-04-17T18:10:24Z

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

none

Limitations on public access

none

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2025-05-09T20:14:13Z

Metadata language

eng; USA