Alberta Hail Project Aircraft Instrumentation

Intera/Alberta Research Council Research Aircraft (Cessna 441 Conquest) instrumentation list
Parameter       Sensor                  Measuring Technique     Range                   Accuracy        Precision     Sampling 
                                                                                                                        Rate

Temperature     Rosemount               Platinum resistance     -50 to +50 C            0.5 C           0.02 C           5 Hz
Temperature     Minco                   Platinum resistance     -50 to +50 C            0.5 C           0.02 C           5 Hz
Dew Point       Cambridge               Cooled mirror           -50 to +50 C            1 C             0.02 C           5 Hz
Total Pressure  Rosemount               Capacitance bridge       0 to 1080 mb           1.1 mb          0.3 mb          10 Hz

Liquid water    Johnson-Williams        Hot wire                 0 to 3 g m-3           20 %            0.002 g m-3      1 Hz
Aerosol         PMS ASASP               Light scattering         0.1 to 3 um            (15 channels)   0.025 um        10 Hz
Cloud drops     PMS FSSP                Light scattering         0.5 to 45 um           (15 channels)   0.5 um          10 Hz
Cloud part.     PMS 2D-C                Shadow images            25 to 800 um           25 um           25 um           varies
Prec. part.     PMS 2D-P                Shadow images            200 to 6400 um         200 um          200 um          varies

NO/NOx          Monitor Labs 8840       Chemiluminescence        0 to 10 ppm            0.001 ppm       0.001 ppm       1,10 Hz
SO2             Meloy SA-285 E          Flame photometric        0 to  1 ppm            0.001 ppm       0.001 ppm       1,10 Hz

Airspeed        Rosemount 1221F         Differential pressure   -69 to +69 mb           0.1 mb          0.03 mb 10 Hz
Pitch Angle     Litton LTN-76           Synchro                 -90 to +90 deg          0.5 deg         0.1 deg         10 Hz
Roll Angle      Litton-LTN-76           Synchro                 -90 to +90 deg          0.5 deg         0.1 deg         10 Hz
Geom. Altitude  Collins                 Radio altimeter           0 to 2000 ft          15 ft   > 500 ft: 3.8 ft         1 Hz
                                                                                                < 500 ft: 0.4 ft

Heading         Litton LTN-76           Synchro                   0 to 360 deg          1 deg           0.1 deg         10 Hz
Groundspeed     Litton LTN-76           Inertial navigation       0 to 2000 kt          5 kt            1 kt             1 Hz
3D accel.       Litton LTN-76           XYZ accelerometers        -1 to +1 G            38, 52cm s-2    38, 52 cm s-2   10 Hz
Position        Litton LTN-76           Inertial navigation      -90 to +90 deg Lat     0.05 deg        0.002 deg        1 Hz
                                                                -180 to +180 deg Long   0.05 deg        0.002 deg        1 Hz
Other Equipment

Computer based data acquisition system and display monitors; 35 mm camera; video camera recorder; gas and aerosol sampling manifold; weather avoidance radar; and aerosol filter samplers