| Data Platform | UW Convair-580 Research Aircraft |
| Description | The University of Washington's Convair-580 Research Aircraft is equipped with a wide range of sensors for measuring precipitation and cloud processes, as well as basic state parameters such as temperature, humidity, and wind. During IMPROVE-1, it was used primarily for gathering in situ measurements of cloud and precipitation microphysical parameters. It was flown in sets of vertically stacked horizontal legs across targeted rainbands, to produce vertical cross sections of microphysical information. |
| Location(s) | Airborne |
| Operators | Peter Hobbs (UW), Aircraft Manager and Flight Scientist; Nick Bond (NOAA/PMEL) and Art Rangno (UW), Flight Scientists |
| Data Format(s) | standard and cloud physics binary data on CD-ROM; forward video on VHS; audio on cassette and transcribed to text; flight tracks in netcdf |
| Software | CARG in-house software for most data; UW Zebra for flight track netcdf files |
| Data Location(s) | CDROMs, video, and audio tapes in 512 ATG; audio transcripts in 506 ATG |