Data · dataset · 2026
Fast 2D-S Data and Imagery
Listed in National Center for Atmospheric Research
A 2D-S instrument is a cloud particle probe that contains two orthogonal open path optical array probes, which image cloud particles between about 10 microns - 2 mm in size as they pass through the instrument sample volume.
Description
This imagery is used to calculate the concentration and cross-sectional area size distributions, and to estimate the mass size distribution of the observed cloud particles. These variables are integrated across the size bins to obtain the total concentration, extinction, and estimated total water content over the observed size range, and is provided at a frequency of 1 Hz.
The particle imagery can be utilized to infer cloud particle phase. This data does not cover the full size range of cloud particles, and should be analyzed in conjunction with complementary cloud probes, such as the CDP, HVPS, etc. This dataset contains Fast 2D-S data and imagery collected aboard the NCAR C-130 during the CAESAR project.
Links
Get the data
- Resource Homepage doi.org/10.26023/nfnp-51fq-vx00 ↗
download · DOI / persistent id · from data ucar edu
Where it is published
- data.ucar.edu /dataset/fast-2d-s-data-and-imagery1 ↗
National Center for Atmospheric Research dataset page
landing page · from data ucar edu
Catalogue records · 1
- CKAN API data.ucar.edu/api/3/action/package_show?id=8d4084cc-ce10-40cd-b5b9-47ab6a9a2… ↗
metadata API · from data ucar edu
Topics
- From keywords
- Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Image 75%
Related
- Possibly the same asFast 2D-S Data and Imagery
Provenance · 1 source records, 9 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Center for Atmospheric Research | 8d4084cc-ce10-40cd-b5b9-47ab6a9a2cac | 9 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:physics | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:image | enrichment · data ucar edu | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| created_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | /notes |
| publication_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | /title |
| updated_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 |