Test and Calibration of the AFCRL Raindrop Spectrometer.

Abstract

The general description of the 90 degrees scattering measurements of raindrop size distribution, as implemented in the AFCRL Airborne Raindrop Spectrometer, is given. The calibration procedures for the drop generator show long-time stability of the order of 01 mm drop diameter. The techniques for calibrating the spectrometer are described with the information required for data reduction. Calibration data for the simple current-to-voltage transducer and for a signal processor which removes the background illumination signal and stretches the drop pulse are presented. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 07, 1974
Accession Number
AD0780649

Entities

People

  • Robert F. Myers

Organizations

  • Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airborne
  • Calibration
  • Data Reduction
  • Diameters
  • Drops
  • Generators
  • Illumination
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Raindrops
  • Scattering
  • Spectrometers
  • Transducers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Plasma Physics.
  • Spectroscopy.