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Laser Disdrometer (LDIS) Instrument Handbook

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1226796· OSTI ID:1226796
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  1. Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
The second-generation particle size velocity (Parsivel2, Figure 1) disdrometer, or laser disdrometer, referred to as “LDIS” within the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility, is a modern, laser-based disdrometer designed for comprehensive and reliable measurement of all types of precipitation. LDIS captures detailed information on the size and velocity of individual hydrometeors that fall to the ground, classifying them into a range of 32 categories. These raw measurements are processed by a fast signal processor (provided by the vendor) to calculate various parameters, including precipitation type, amount, intensity, kinetic energy, visibility in the precipitation, and equivalent radar reflectivity. These measurements have served as the primary data set and a valuable reference for a variety of studies, ranging from observational analyses of precipitation processes and climate model evaluations to monitoring or validating radar/satellite retrievals (e.g., Wang et al. 2018, Giangrande et al. 2019, Jackson et al. 2020).
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Data Center; Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
OSTI ID:
1226796
Report Number(s):
DOE/SC-ARM-TR--137
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English