Status
Status
Operational
Vapor In-cloud Profiling Radar (VIPR), provides high-vertical-resolution water vapor soundings within the PBL. Importantly, VIPR implements for the first time the differential absorption radar (DAR) approach to provide sounding within the cloudy and precipitating volumes.
Instrument Type
Measurements
Aircraft
Recent Missions
(P-3 Orion - WFF)
Point(s) of Contact
(Co-I),
(POC; PI)
Measurement Details
Range of Measurement
Integrated vertical column
Instrument Pointing
Nadir (directly downwards)
Integration Details
Power:
650.00 W
Additional Information
TRL
7