Links:

Mike Larsen Webpage

Larsen Lab Webpage

Larsen Lab Data

LPM (Laser Precipitation Monitor)


Description and How They Work:

A compact instrument for measuring drop size and velocity of precipitation, snow and hail using a 0.5 mW 786 nm laser diode. The College of Charleston has 21 LPMs on campus and have lent eight to Texas Tech University that are stationed on their 200 meter tall meteorological tower.


Peer-Reviewed Papers:

    2016

  • A.R. Jameson and M.L. Larsen. The variability of rainfall rate as a function of area. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 121. doi: 10.1002/2015JD024126

    • 2015

  • A.R. Jameson, M.L. Larsen, and A.B. Kostinski. Disdrometer network observations of finescale spatial-temporal clustering in rain. Journal of the Atmopsheric Sciences 72(4), 1648--1666. doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-14-0136.1
  • A.R. Jameson, M.L. Larsen, and A.B. Kostinski. On the variability of drop size distributions over areas. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 72(4), 1386--1397. doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-14-0258.1
  • M.L. Larsen, T.B. Hayward, and J.B. Teves. Scaling properties of raindrop size distributions as measured by a dense array of optical disdrometers. Journal of Hydrology 521, 424--432. doi: 10.106/j.jhydrol.2014.12.016
  • M.L. Larsen and J.B. Teves. Identifying individual rain events with a dense disdrometer network. Advances in Meteorology Article ID 582782. doi: 10.1155/2015/582782

    • 2014

  • M.L. Larsen, A.B. Kostinski, and A.R. Jameson. Further evidence for super-terminal raindrops. Geophysical Research Letters 41(19), 6914--6918. doi: 10.1002/2014GL061397

Pictures:

LPM Picture
An LPM on a post
Taken by: Mike Larsen

LPM Picture 2
An array of LPMs at Stono Preserve
Taken by: Mike Larsen

Instrument Webpages:

A (First data taken: May 2013)
B (First data taken: May 2013)
C (First data taken: May 2013)
D (First data taken: May 2013)
E (First data taken: May 2013)
F (First data taken: May 2013)
G (First data taken: May 2013)
H (First data taken: May 2013)
J (First data taken: May 2013)
K (First data taken: May 2013)
L (First data taken: May 2013)
M (First data taken: May 2013)
N (First data taken: May 2013)
P (First data taken: May 2013)
Q (First data taken: May 2013)
R (First data taken: May 2013)
S (First data taken: May 2013)
T (First data taken: May 2013)
U (First data taken: May 2013)
V (First data taken: May 2013)
W (First data taken: May 2013)
Texas A (First data taken: May 2019)
Texas B (First data taken: May 2019)
Texas C (First data taken: May 2019)
Texas D (First data taken: May 2019)
Texas E (First data taken: May 2019)
Texas F (First data taken: May 2019)
Texas G (First data taken: May 2019)
Texas H (First data taken: May 2019)

Funding provided by the National Science Foundation by the following grants: 2018 Grant , 2015 Grant , 2012 Grant