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C-130 Instrumentation Mounting Locations

  

These photos document the placement of sensors and instrument racks on the NCAR C-130 aircraft during FIRE-ACE.
Aft-middle science station with display views.
Aft-middle Scientist Station:
WINDS Display, AIMR Display, MASP DAS		 Downward looking radiometers on underside of plane.
Downward Looking Radiometers:
UV Radiometer (UVB),
Shortwave Pyranometer (SWB),
IR Pyrgeometer (IRBC)		 DRI Cloud Condensation Nucleus Counters.
DRI Cloud Condensation Nucleus Counters
Aft-left scientist station with display views.
Aft-left Scientist Station:
DRI Cloudscope Display, WINDS Display		 Forward-left scientist station with display views.
Forward-Left Scientist Station:
Condensation Nucleus Counter (CONCN),
WINDS Display,
Cryogenic Hygrometer (DPCRC)		 Aft-facing inlets for CN Counter and Cryogenic Hygrometer.
Aft-facing inlets for
CN Counter and Cryogenic Hygrometer
Aft-right scientist station and display views.
Aft-right Scientist Station:
SPEC Cloud Particle Imager Display,
Scripps Institute Radiometer Display		 CSU Ice Nucleus Counter.
CSU Ice Nucleus Counter		 Left fuselage air circulation inlet and ophir radiometer port.
Leftside Fuselage:
Ophir Radiometer Port (OAT),
Air Circulation Inlet
Left fuselage ATRL, VLA, and VLA1 instruments.
Leftside Fuselage:
Rosemount Temperature (ATRL),
Lyman Alpha Hygrometer (VLA),
Cross-flow Lyman Alpha Hygrometer (VLA1)		 Left wing instruments.
Left Wing:
FSSP-100 (CONCF), DRI Cloudscope,
PVM-100 (XGLWC), 260X (CONC6)
Rosemount Temperature (ATWH),
PMS LWC (PLWCC), PCASP (CONCP) 		Right fuselage instruments.
Right-side fuselage:
Rosemount Temperature (ATRR),
Cambridge Dew Point (DPTC),
Cambridge Dew Point (DPBC)
Right wing instruments.
Right Wing:
2D-P Probe (CONC2P), MASP,
2D-C Probe (CONC2C), SPEC CPI,
PMS LWC (PLWCC1), FSSP-300 (CONC3) 		Right fuselage small community inlet.
Rightside Fuselage:
Small Community Inlet 		Right-forward cabin.
Forward-right Cabin:
Small Community Inlet Manifold,
UV Hygrometer (MRUV)
Scripps Radiometers.
Scripps Total-Direct-Diffuse Radiometer,
Scripps Total Solar Broadband Radiometer		 Scripps Infrared Broadband Radiometer.
Scripps Infrared Broadband Radiometer		 Scripps Broadband Radiometers.
Scripps Infrared Broadband Radiometer,
Scripps Total Solar Broadband Radiometer
Scripps Multichannel Radiometer.
Scripps Multichannel Radiometer		 Darrel Baumgardner.
Photos Provided by Darrel Baumgardner
E-mail: darrel@ucar.edu		  

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