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  • Cloud Type Classification Product Available for EPCAPE and CAPE-k

    Time-height displays show reflectivity (top), cloud types (middle), and precipitation (bottom) on February 1, 2024, during the EPCAPE campaign in La Jolla, California. Image is provided by Krista Gaustad, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The Cloud Type Classification value-added product (CLDTYPE VAP) is now available for the 2023–2024 Eastern Pacific Cloud Aerosol Precipitation Experiment (EPCAPE) in…

  • Cloud Type Classification Product Released for MOSAiC, TRACER, and SAIL Campaigns

    Time-height displays show reflectivity (top) and cloud types (bottom) on June 26, 2022, during the SAIL campaign. Plots are created by the Cloud Type Classification (CLDTYPE) value-added product quicklook code. The Cloud Type Classification value-added product (CLDTYPE VAP) is now available for the following three field campaigns: the 2019–2020 Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study…

  • Cloud Type Classification Product Expands to North Slope of Alaska

    Time-height displays show reflectivity (top), cloud types (middle), and precipitation rate (bottom) on September 24, 2021, at ARM’s North Slope of Alaska atmospheric observatory. The Cloud Type Classification value-added product (CLDTYPE VAP) is now available for the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility’s North Slope of Alaska (NSA) atmospheric observatory. CLDTYPE provides an automated cloud…

  • Cloud Type Classification Product Released for Eastern North Atlantic

    Time-height displays show reflectivity (top) and cloud types (bottom) on August 15, 2016, at ARM’s Eastern North Atlantic atmospheric observatory. The Cloud Type Classification value-added product (CLDTYPE VAP) is now available for the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility’s Eastern North Atlantic (ENA) atmospheric observatory. CLDTYPE provides an automated cloud type classification based on macrophysical…

  • Cloud Type Classification Product Released for COMBLE Campaign

    Time-height displays show reflectivity (top) and cloud types (bottom) on April 14, 2020, near Andenes, Norway, during the Cold-Air Outbreaks in the Marine Boundary Layer Experiment (COMBLE). The Cloud Type Classification value-added product (CLDTYPE VAP) is now available for the 2019–2020 Cold-Air Outbreaks in the Marine Boundary Layer Experiment (COMBLE) deployment near Andenes, Norway. CLDTYPE…

  • REVISED: New Shallow Cumulus VAP Available

    These plots provide data about shallow cumulus events at ARM’s SGP Central Facility in June 2017. The top panel shows days with shallow cumulus events. The bottom panel gives more information for up to four events, including whether the event contained overlying cirrus, was not detected because no low clouds were found, missed the length…

  • New Cloud Type VAP and Visualization Available

    A new data product—the Cloud Type Classification (CLDTYPE) value-added product (VAP)—provides an automated cloud type classification based on macrophysical quantities derived from vertically pointing lidar and radar. Up to 10 layers of clouds are classified into seven cloud types based on predetermined and site-specific thresholds of cloud top height, cloud base height, and thickness. Inputs…