Consulting
Consulting
schnaiTEC can share their experience and know-how in the following fields:
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Development of scientific instrumentation that is based on optical methods
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Instrumentation for laboratory research, e.g. cloud chamber instrumentation
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Instrumentation for field research, e.g. airborne instruments
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Particle light scattering simulations
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Expected signal of optical particle instruments, e.g. light scattering spectrometers
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Mie calculations for spherical particles
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Multiple-sphere clusters, e.g. absorption and light scattering by fractal soot particles
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T-matrix calculations for spheroidal particles
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Geometric optics for ice crystals
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Image analysis
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Processing of particle micrographs, e.g. from bright-field optical microscopy
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Extraction of microphysical properties from particle images
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Contact us for more information!
schnaiTEC can share their experience and know-how in the following fields:
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Development of scientific instrumentation that is based on optical methods
-
Instrumentation for laboratory research, e.g. cloud chamber instrumentation
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Instrumentation for field research, e.g. airborne instruments
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Particle light scattering simulations
-
Expected signal of optical particle instruments, e.g. light scattering spectrometers
-
Mie calculations for spherical particles
-
Multiple-sphere clusters, e.g. absorption and light scattering by fractal soot particles
-
T-matrix calculations for spheroidal particles
-
Geometric optics for ice crystals
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Image analysis
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Processing of particle micrographs, e.g. from bright-field optical microscopy
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Extraction of microphysical properties from particle images
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Contact us for more information!
Do completely new research
Do completely new research
Do completely new research
One of a kind probe for stereo imaging of single cloud particles and simultaneous measurement of the angular light scattering function.
Specifications
Size range:
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3 µm to 4 mm
Acquisition rates:
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13 kHz for light scattering function
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3 Hz for stereo imaging
Volume sampling rates:
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40 cm /s at 100 m/s
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80 cm /s at 200 m/s
Applications:
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Cloud research
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Cloud phase detection
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Particle light scattering studies
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Examples of Stereo Images
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Platforms
PHIPS has been certified for the following platforms
NSF/NCAR GV HIAPER
AWI Polar 5/6
NSF/NCAR C-130
DLR HALO
References
Schnaiter, M., Järvinen, E., Abdelmonem, A., Leisner, T., "PHIPS-HALO: The airborne particle habit imaging and polar scattering probe - Part 2: Characterization and first results.", Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 11, 341-357, 2018, doi:105194/amt-11-341-2018.
Abdelmonem, A., Järvinen, E., Duft, D., Hirst, E., Vogt, S., Leisner, T., Schnaiter, M., "PHIPS-HALO: The airborne particle habit imaging and polar scattering probe - Part 1: Design and operation.", Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 9, 3131-3144, 2016, doi:105194/amt-9-3131-2016.
“The additional information from the PHIPS-HALO of phase function coupled with the image of the particle promises to open a new avenue of research into the optical properties of clouds.”
Darrel Baumgardner, Co-Founder of Droplet Measurement Technologies (DMT)
In: Baumgardner, D., S.J. Abel, D. Axisa, R. Cotton, J. Crosier, P. Field, C. Gurganus, A. Heymsfield, A. Korolev, M. Krämer, P. Lawson, G. McFarquhar, Z. Ulanowski, and J. Um, 2017: "Cloud Ice Properties: In Situ Measurement Challenges". Meteorological Monographs, 58, 9.1–9.23, https://doi.org/10.1175/AMSMONOGRAPHS-D-16-0011.1