Droplet Measurement Technologies (DMT) products
Aerosols
DMT - Model PCASP-100X - Passive Cavity Aerosol Spectrometer Probe
The PCASP-100X is an airborne optical spectrometer that measures aerosol particles in the 0.1 µm to 3 µm range.
DMT - Model UHSAS-G - Ultra-High Sensitivity Aerosol Spectrometer
The UHSAS-G is an optical-scattering, laser-based aerosol particle spectrometer for sizing particles in the 0.06 µm to 1 µm range. The instrument counts particles in up to 100 user-specified sizing bins, with a resolution as fine as 1 nm/bin. This high sensitivity makes the UHSAS-G ideal for aerosol research and filter testing.
DMT - Model MiniMPL - Mini Micro Pulse LiDAR
The Mini Micro Pulse LiDAR (MiniMPL) is a small form factor, low-power, elastic backscatter lidar. The instrument is a ground-based, optical, remote-sensing system designed to determine the altitude of clouds and to detect atmospheric aerosols. Pulses of energy are transmitted into the atmosphere; the energy scattered back to the transceiver is collected and measured as a time-resolved signal, thereby detecting clouds and aerosols in real time. MPL and MiniMPL are the only LiDARs simultaneously approved for NASA MPLNET, US Dept of Energy ARM program, and EUMETNET.
DMT - Model MPL - Micro Pulse LiDAR
The Micro Pulse LiDAR (MPL) is elastic backscatter LiDAR designed for long-term, autonomous aerosol and cloud monitoring. Pulses of energy are transmitted into the atmosphere; the energy scattered back to the transceiver is collected and measured as a time-resolved signal, thereby detecting clouds and aerosols in real time. MPL data can be used for measurement of cloud boundaries, calculating cloud phase and depolarizing aerosols, cloud scattering cross sections and optical thicknesses, planetary boundary layer heights and aerosol extinction and optical thickness profiles, including those into the stratosphere in night-time cases.