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FCDP - Fast Cloud Droplet Probe

Close up of a FCDP - Fast Cloud Droplet Probe, a SPEC aircraft research instrumentation product

FCDP - Fast Cloud Droplet Probe

Enhanced Accuracy for Droplet Probes

Fast Cloud Droplet Probe (FCDP) with state-of-the-art electro-optics and electronics that utilizes forward scattering to determine cloud droplet distributions and concentrations.

Features

  • Utilizes Mie scattering theory to determine droplets particle size
  • 100% particle by particle data collection
  • Anti-shattering tips minimizes shatter and particle bounce
  • Automatic startup and seamless computer communication

Applications

  • Water cloud microphysics
  • DDroplet size distribution studies in drizzle and ice conditions
  • Research on droplet formation and evaporation

Details

  • 1.5 – 50µm size range
  • Hermetically sealed
  • Data storage on probe