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ICE-L: DMT CAPS (Droplet Measurement Tech, Cloud Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer)

Summary

This dataset contains DMG CAPS data collected from flights of the NCAR C-130 during the ICE-L project. The CAPS measures the size distribution of cloud particles from 0.5 to 1600 um using an optical particle spectrometer. Data are in ASCII txt format.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/YAP2-7DTR-Z08
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2011-09-14)
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Related projects	ICE-L: Ice in Clouds Experiment (ICE-L)
Frequency	1 second
Language	English
Categories	Aircraft
Platforms	NSF NCAR C-130
Instruments	Cloud, Aerosol, Precipitation Spectrometer - CAPS
GCMD Science Keywords	AEROSOL EXTINCTION CLOUD DROPLET CONCENTRATION/SIZE CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION Expand keywords
Documentation	ICE-L_CAPS_data_archive_readme.txt [4 KiB]
Related links	info: ICE-L Missions info: ICE-L Project Data Policy homepage: ICE-L Project Page

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2007-11-13 18:00:00
End datetime	2007-12-16 20:10:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 45.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 37.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -110.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -102.00

Primary point of contact information

Darrel Baumgardner

Additional contact information

author: Darrel Baumgardner
originator: Darrel Baumgardner

Citation

Baumgardner, D. 2011. ICE-L: DMT CAPS. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.26023/YAP2-7DTR-Z08. Accessed 09 Feb 2026.

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