disdrometer
Disdrometer: measures rain drop size distribution (disdrometer)
Browse DataThe impact disdrometer collects observations of the drop size spectra of rainfall. The sensor transforms the mechanical impact of each drop into an electrical pulse. With calibration, the size of each pulse is interpreted as the diameter of the observed drop.
ARM also deploys laser disdrometers (LDIS) and video disdrometers (VDIS). Data from all these instruments help improve the quantitative description of precipitation processes in climate models.
Measurements
Location
Southern Great Plains
- Latitude: 36.604937
- Longitude: -97.485561
- Publication Date: 2017-01-09
- Start Date: 2017-01-09
- End Date: 2020-12-01
- Last Updated: 2020-12-03
Instrument Mentor
https://www.arm.gov/connect-with-arm/organization/instrument-mentors/list#disdrometer
Mary Jane Bartholomew
Brookhaven National LaboratoryDie Wang
Brookhaven National LaboratoryDOI / Citation
http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1025181
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility. 2017, updated hourly. Impact Disdrometer (DISDROMETER). 2017-01-09 to 2020-12-01, Southern Great Plains (SGP) Lamont, OK (Extended and Co-located with C1) (E13). Compiled by D. Wang and M. Bartholomew. ARM Data Center. Data set accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1025181.
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility. 2017, updated hourly. Impact Disdrometer (DISDROMETER). 2017-01-09 to 2020-12-01, Southern Great Plains (SGP) Lamont, OK (Extended and Co-located with C1) (E13). Compiled by D. Wang and M. Bartholomew. ARM Data Center. Data set accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1025181.