HVPS-AIR
High Volume Precipitation Spectrometer aboard aircraft
Baseline VAP, Baseline Instrument, Evaluation VAP, Guest
The high-volume precipitation spectrometer (HVPS) is an airborne optical instrument that measures the size, shape, and concentration of water drops and ice crystals in the atmosphere from 150 micron to 3 mm.
Primary Measurements
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Susanne GlienkeLead Mentor Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
References
View all references- Jadav et al. "An Improved Convection Parameterization with Detailed Aerosol–Cloud Microphysics for a Global Model". 2025. 10.1175/JAS-D-23-0175.1.
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