Makes digital images with dramatic improvement in quality compared with older technology. High-power laser pulsed at 25 h s freezes image of particle on CCD camera.
Unique optics produce in-focus images.
1 million pixel CCD camera with 2.3 m m size resolution provides images of particles up to 2 mm in size. Up to 40 frames s -1 with up to 100 particles per frame. Individual particle images are identified, sized, cropped and stored in real time. Increases sample volume to provide better sampling statistics for precipitation particles. 256 element linear CCD array with 200 m m size resolution.