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The Cloud Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer (CAPS) is an in situ airborne spectrometer that combines the Cloud Imaging Probe (CIP), the Cloud and Aerosol Spectrometer (CAS), and the Hotwire Liquid Water Content (LWC) Sensor into one instrument. 

CAPS measures the size distribution of aerosol, cloud, and liquid droplets for particles between the sizes of 50-1600 μm at a time resolution of 1 Hz. It can also record images of cloud particles and provide measurements of temperature, pressure, and LWC.

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Instrument Type

Spectrometer/Radiometer

Instrument Subtype

Spectrometer

Specifications

Resolution

Spatial

Point

Temporal

1 Hz

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