PVM 100 Cloud Probe

Partner: NCSR Demokritos; CNR-ISAC

PI: Dr. Eleftheriadis Konstantinos (elefther@ipta.demokritos.gr); Dr. Stefano Decesari (s.decesari@isac.cnr.it)

Operator: Dr. Fetfatzis Prodromos (prodromos.fetfatzis@ipta.demokritos.gr)

The Gerber PVM-100 measures liquid water content and effective droplet radius of ambient clouds by directing a diode-emitted laser beam along a 40-cm path. The forward scatter of the cloud droplets in the open air along the path is measured, translated and expressed as water content.