| Parameter |
Instrumentation |
|
Meteorological
|
| Free air temperature | Rosemount total temperature (Platinum Resistance) |
| Static and dynamic pressure | Rosemount |
| Dew point temperature | General Eastern Cooled Mirror |
| Horizontal wind (computed) | INS/TAS (computed) |
| Vertical wind (computed) | High-resolution angle of attack, pitch angle, vertical acceleration |
|
Cloud Physics
|
|
Small cloud droplet spectrum
|
FSSP forward scattering probe
|
|
Cloud droplet spectrum
|
PMS Knollenberg 2-D grey probe
|
|
Hydrometeor size spectrum | PMS Knollenberg 2-D grey probe
|
|
Cloud liquid water
|
Johnson-Williams hot wire
|
|
Icing rate
|
Rosemount
|
|
Total Water Content
|
"King" probe (experimental)
|
|
Radiation
|
|
Sea surface temperature
|
AOC modified PRT-5
|
|
CO2, air temperature
|
AOC modified PRT-5
|
|
Long wave radiation
|
Eppley radiometers
|
|
Short wave radiation
|
Eppley radiometers
|
|
Radar
|
|
Radar reflectivity
|
C-band PPI lower-fuselage (LF), 360 degree
scan (horizontal) fan beam [Note]
|
|
Radar reflectivity
|
X-band RHI tail (TA), 360 degree scan
(vertical) [Note]
|
|
Radial velocity
|
Doppler X-band RHI tail (TA), 360 degree
(vertical) [Note]
|
|
Scatterometry
|
|
Surface wind speed and rain rate
|
Step Frequency Microwave Radiometer
(SFMR). AOML/HRD C-band Scatterometers
|
|
Navigational
|
|
Position, ground speed | INE, LORAN and GPS (Military Precision)
|
|
Radar and pressure altitude | Radar and pressure altimeters
|
|
Cloud and Sky Imagery (daylight)
|
|
Side and Nose photography | Video Cameras
|
NOAA P-3
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