Project # 2005-135 RICO Rain In Cumulus over the Ocean Principal Investigator(s):  Bob Rauber, Harry Ochs, et al. NSF/NCAR C-130Q Hercules (N130AR)

C-130Q - Basic RAF Instrument Configuration 10/07/2004

RAF-Supplied Instrumentation:

1. Airborne Data System
   1. Acquisition: C-130 ADS2 (Motorola 68040 based)
      NCAR Distributed Sampling Modules (4 units), one in each wing pod and two in cabin
   2. Operator Station
      • Intel L440GX+ Motherboard with 2 Pentium III-500 CPUs, 512 MB Memory, Redhat Linux 7.2 OS
      • 9GB Disk Storage with RAID-1
      • General Digital 17-inch 1280x1024 TFT Flat Panel Color Monitor
      • IBM-DRHS36D 36GB Removable Disk Drives in Kingston Carriers (2 units)
      • UPS
   3. Aft User Displays(4)
      • Dell Latitude Pentium III-850 Laptop (1), Linux OS, 15" Display (Clyde)
      • Dell Latitude Pentium II-300 Laptop (1), Linux OS, 13" Display (Grendel)
      • Dell Latitude Pentium MMX-266 Laptop (1), Linux OS, 13" Display (Agave)
      • Dell Latitude Pentium MMX-233 Laptop (1), Linux OS, 13" Display (Nuvola)
      • Lexmark Optra Color 45 Inkjet Printer
   4. Flight Deck Display
      • Dell Latitude Pentium III-850 Laptop, Linux OS, 15" Display (Bonnie)
      • Lexmark Optra Color 45 Inkjet Printer
2. Aircraft Position, Velocity and Attitude
   1. Honeywell Model HG1095-AC03 Laseref SM Inertial Reference System (Research)
   2. Garmin GPS16 Global Positioning System (GPS)
   3. CMIGITS Inertial Reference System (Radome)
3. Static Pressures
   1. Rosemount Model 1501 Digital Pressure Transducer - Fuselage Port (PSFD)
   2. Ruska Model 7885 Digital Pressure Transducer - Fuselage Port (PSFRD, PSFC)
   3. Rosemount Model 1201F1 Pressure Transducer - Cabin (PCAB)
4. Dynamic Pressures
   1. Rosemount Model 1221F1VL - Radome (QCR)
   2. Rosemount Model 1221F1VL - Left Fuselage Pitot (QCF)
   3. Rosemount Model 1221F1VL - Right Fuselage Pitot (QCFR)
5. Temperatures
   1. Rosemount Type 102 Non-deiced Sensor, Rosemount Model 510BF Amplifier - Starboard Radome Mount (TTRR)
   2. Rosemount Type 102 Non-deiced Sensor, Rosemount Model 510BF Amplifier - Port Radome Mount (TTRL)
   3. Rosemount Type 102E Deiced Sensor, Rosemount Model 510BF Amplifier - Left Inboard Wing Access Plate (TTWH)
   4. OPHIR-III Radiometric Near-field Temperature Sensor - Starboard Wing Pod Mount (OAT)
6. Flow Angle Sensors, Radome
   1. Attack - Rosemount Model 1221F1VL Differential Pressure Transducer (ADIFR)
   2. Sideslip - Rosemount Model 1221F1VL Differential Pressure Transducer (BDIFR)
7. Dew Point and Humidity
   1. General Eastern, Model 1011B Dew Point Hygrometer - Starboard Radome Mount (DPT)
   2. General Eastern, Model 1011B Dew Point Hygrometer - Starboard Radome Mount (DPB)
   3. SpectraSensors Open Path TDL Hygrometer - Starboard Wing Pod Mount (MRLH)
   4. NCAR Model LA-3 Crossflow Lyman-alpha Hygrometer - Port Radome Mount (VLA)
   5. NCAR Model LA-3 Crossflow Lyman-alpha Hygrometer - Port Radome Mount (VLA1)
8. Radiation Fluxes
   1. Visible Radiation - RAF-Modified Eppley Model PSP Pyranometers - 2 units
      • Upward looking (SWT)
      • Downward looking (SWB)
      Multipurpose Radiometer Housings
   2. Ultraviolet Radiation - RAF Modified Eppley Model TUVR Pyranometers - 2 units
      • Upward looking (UVT)
      • Downward looking (UVB)
      Multipurpose Radiometer Housings
   3. Infrared Radiation - RAF Modified Eppley Model PIR Pyrgeometers - 2 units
      • Upward looking (IRT)
      • Downward looking (IRB)
      Multipurpose Radiometer Housings
   4. Remote Surface Temperature - Heimann Model KT19.85 Radiometer - 2 units:
      Downward looking (RSTB, RSTB1)
   5. Remote Sky Temperature - Heimann Model KT19.85 Radiometer
      Upward looking (RSTT)
9. Basic Cloud Physics
   1. Rosemount Model 871FA Icing Rate Detector - Right Wing Inboard Access Plate (RICE)
   2. PMS Liquid Water Sensor (King Probe) - Left Wing Outboard Access Plate (PLWC)
   3. PMS Liquid Water Sensor (King Probe) - Right Wing Outboard Access Plate (PLWC1)
   4. TSI Model 3760 CN Counter - Belly Inlet (CONCN)
      Size Distribution, 0.01 to 3 µm
10. Wing Stores
    1. RAF - Particle Measuring Systems Model SPP-100 - Left Pod Center
       Size Distribution, 3 to 45 µm
    2. RAF - Particle Measuring Systems Model SPP-200 - Right Wing Outboard
       Size Distribution, 0.12 to 3.12 µm
    3. RAF - Particle Measuring Systems Model 2D-C - Left Wing Outboard
       Size Distribution, 25 to 800 µm
    4. RAF - Particle Measuring Systems Model 2D-P - Left Wing Inboard
       Size Distribution, 100 to 3200 µm
    5. RAF - Particle Measuring Systems Model 260X - Right Wing Inboard
       Size Distribution, 50 to 640 µm
    6. RAF - PVM-100 Liquid Water Probe - Left Pod Outboard
       (XGLWC)
    7. SPEC - Model 2D-S Dual Particle Imager - Right Pod Center
       Size Distribution, 25 to 800 µm.
    8. SPEC - Cloud Particle Imager (CPI) - Right Pod Inboard
       Size Distribution, 2.5 to 2,000 µm
    9. Brenguier - Fast FSSP - Left Pod Inboard
       Size Distribution, 3 to 50 µm
    10. CIRPAS - Phase Doppler Cloud Droplet Analyzer - Right Pod Outboard
        Size Distribution, 3 to 250 µm
11. Geometric Altitude
    1. Stewart-Warner Model APN-232(v) - Fuselage Mount,
       0 to 1,500 m AGL (HGM)
       0 to 15,000 m AGL (HGM232)
12. Photography
    1. Sony XC-999 SVHS Color Camera with JVC Model HR-S4700U Super VHS Recorder (2 pair)
       • Forward Facing, Cockpit Mount
       • Side Looking
    2. Horita GPS Video Titler
13. RAF Chemistry (T. Campos)
    1. TECO Slow-Response Ozone Analyzer (TEO3C)
    2. Aero-Laser Fast-Response Carbon Monoxide Analyzer (UV resonance fluorescence) (CO)
    3. RAF Fast-Response Ozone Analyzer (O3FSC)
14. NCAR Special Request Instruments
    1. EOL SABL Up/Down looking Lidar (2-wavelength backscatter system) - Left Wing Pod Mount
    2. EOL GPS Dropsonde System - Cabin Mount, Aft ramp chute
    3. RAF Aerosol Rack with Radial Differential Mobility Analyzer (RDMA) and wet/dry nephelometers - Belly Inlet
    4. RAF Counter-flow Virtual Impactor (CVI) - Specialty Inlet takes up entire aperture plate L-1
    5. CSIRO/RAF Giant Aerosol Impactor - Aperture plate R-1
    6. TSI Model 3025 Ultrafine CN Counter (size distribution: 0.003 to 3 µm) - Belly inlet

User-Supplied Instrumentation:

1. Cabin-Mounted Instrumentation
   1. Hudson CCN - 3 User-supplied specialty racks - 2 inlets on starboard bulkhead fittings (can also be fed from CVI)
   2. Bandy SO₂ - Std C-130 rack - Belly Inlet and Window Venturi
   3. Bandy DMS - Std C-130 rack - Belly Inlet and Window Venturi
   4. Heikes In-Situ Peroxides - Specialty inlet takes up entire aperture plate L-2 (can also be fed from CVI)
   5. Anderson Filter pack - space in CVI rack - Belly Inlet (can also be fed from CVI)
   6. U Hawaii Total Air Sampler - Std C-130 rack for Pump - Specialty inlet takes up entire aperture plate L-3
   7. SPEC Data Systems for 2D-S and CPI wing probes
   8. CIRPAS Data System for Phase Doppler Analyzer
   9. Brenguier Laptop Computer for Fast FSSP Probe
2. Provisional Equipment
   1. Gerber - Cloud Integrating Nephelometer - Wing Store
   2. PH Meter - Special CAI hard-point plate R-2
   3. CSIRO - Wet and Dry Bulb Temperature - shares part of Std Aperture plate R-3