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Cloud Microphysics VAP Evaluation Data Available for MC3E Field Campaign
Cloud microphysical properties affect cloud radiative heating, precipitation formation, and aerosol-cloud interactions, among other important atmospheric processes. A value-added product (VAP) that calculates cloud microphysical properties now provides evaluation data for the 2011 Midlatitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment (MC3E) in Oklahoma. The Improved MICROBASE Product with Uncertainties (MICROBASEKAPLUS) provides continuous, high time resolution profiles of…
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Cloud Microphysics VAP Evaluation Data Available for LASIC Field Campaign
Cloud microphysical properties affect cloud radiative heating, precipitation formation, and aerosol-cloud interactions, among other important atmospheric processes. The first field campaign data are now available from a value-added product (VAP) that builds upon the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility’s historical Continuous Baseline Microphysical Retrieval (MICROBASE) VAP. The Improved MICROBASE Product with Uncertainties (MICROBASEKAPLUS) provides…
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New MICROBASE Ensemble Data Set Available
Height-time plots for 30-minute ensemble means and standard deviations of liquid effective radius from the MICROBASEEN data set. A new data set of ensemble cloud retrievals from the March 2000 intensive observational period at the Southern Great Plains Central Facility is now available in the ARM Data Archive evaluation area. The new data set uses…
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It’s Official Now—Cloud Microphysical Properties Value-Added Product Changes Status
The Continuous Baseline Microphysical Retrieval (MICROBASE) value-added product (VAP) has been released as an official ARM VAP. Data from April 1998 through December 2009 are now available for the Southern Great Plains, North Slope of Alaska, and Tropical Western Pacific sites. Historical updates will be provided whenever additional data become available.This sample quicklook plot shows…