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PLOWS C130 External Instrument Configuration

VOCALS External Instrument Configuration (Project 2008-115), C-130Q Hercules

Project # 2010-117 PLOWS
Profiling of Winter Storms
Principal Investigator(s): Bob Rauber
NSF/NCAR C-130Q Hercules (N130AR)
01 November 2009 to 9 March 2010

RWO RWO RWI RWI Rwb Rwb RICE RICE RPO RPO RPC RPC RPI RPI R_Pod R_Pod R_fuselage R_fuselage Rtemp Rtemp DPT DPT DPB DPB QCR QCR B_fuselage B_fuselage T_fuselage T_fuselage Radome Radome QCF QCF Unk1 Unk1 Unk2 Unk2 Ltemp Ltemp L_fuselage L_fuselage LWO LWO LWI LWI Lwb Lwb heated_temp heated_temp LPO LPO LPC LPC LPI LPI L_Pod L_Pod

External Instrument Configuration

Front view diagram showing instrument mounting locations, 20080-byte gif
Right Side Fuselage Left Side
RWO CDP R fuselage LWO STD FSSP
RWI 2DP Rtemp Rosemount 102E LWI MOD FSSP
Rwb King LWC DPT Buck Research 1011C Lwb
RICE Rosemount 8761 DPB Buck Research 1011C heated temp Rosemount 102
RPO SPP-100 QCR Rosemount 1221 LPO PVM-100
RPC 25um 2DC B fuselage WCR, Heinmann RSTB, RSTB 1
Inlets:
Clarkson
CN Counter		 LPC 10um 2DC
RPI 260X T fuselage WCL, Heimann RS TT LPI CSI
R pod TDL Radome wind gust L pod
OPHIR-III QCF Rosemount 1221
Ltemp
L fuselage TEW 03

Expanded instrument-location description


Right wing

  • RWO = 'Right Wing Outboard Mounting Point'
  • RWI = 'Right Wing Inboard Mounting Point'
  • Rwb = 'Right Wing Hard Point'
  • RICE = 'Rosemount 871 Icing Rate Probe Mounting point'
  • RPO = 'Right Pod Outboard External Mounting Point'
  • RPC = 'Right Pod Center External Mounting Point'
  • RPI = 'Right Pod Inboard External Mounting Point'
  • R_Pod = 'Right Pod External and Internal Mountings'


Fuselage

  • R_fuselage = 'External Mountings on Right Side of Fuselage'
  • Rtemp = 'Right Side Fuselage Temperature Probe Mounting Point'
  • DPT = 'Right Side Fuselage Top Dew-Point Sensor Mounting Point'
  • DPB = 'Right Side Fuselage Bottom Dew-Point Sensor Mounting Point'
  • QCR = 'Right Side Fuselage Total Pressure Pitot-Tube Mounting Point'
  • B_fuselage = 'External Mountings on Bottom of Fuselage'
  • Radome = 'Fuselage Radome Mounting Point'
  • QCF = 'Left Side Fuselage Total Pressure Pitot Tube Mounting Point'
  • Ltemp = 'Left Side Fuselage Temperature Probe Mounting Point'
  • L_fuselage = 'External Mountings on Left Side of Fuselage'
  • T_fuselage = 'External Mountings on Top of Fuselage'


Left wing

  • LWO = 'Left Wing Outboard Mounting Point'
  • LWI = 'Left Wing Inboard Mounting Point'
  • Lwb = 'Left Wing Hard Point'
  • heated_temp = 'Left Wing Heated Temperature Probe Mounting Point'
  • LPO = 'Left Pod Outboard External Mounting Point'
  • LPC = 'Left Pod Center External Mounting Point'
  • LPI = 'Left Pod Inboard External Mounting Point'
  • L_Pod = 'Left Pod External and Internal Mountings'
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