ARM

Tag: SGP

  • More Climate Modeling Best Estimate Data Available for More Sites

    Soundings and surface meteorological measurements are now available for five ARM sites in the CMBE data set.The latest release of the Climate Modeling Best Estimate (CMBE) data set has added soundings and surface meteorological measurements in the CMBE-ATM datastream for Barrow, Alaska, and all three Tropical Western Pacific sites. For these four sites, the cloud…

  • Updated Evaluation Product Available for Calculating Surface Spectral Albedo

    An updated version of the Surface Spectral Albedo (SurfSpecAlb1Mlawer) value-added product (VAP) has been released as an Evaluation Product for the Southern Great Plains (SGP) site. The original version of the algorithm created a near-continuous best estimate of broadband and narrowband downwelling irradiance, upwelling irradiances, and surface albedo using the multi-filter radiometers (MFRs) on the…

  • New Release of Cloud Modeling Best Estimate Data Set

    Detailed observations of clouds and radiation, along with the associated large-scale conditions such as temperature and relative humidity profiles, surface precipitation, and sensible and latent heat fluxes, provide invaluable information to understand the structure and temporal variability of observed cloud systems. All these variables are now conveniently packaged into the latest release of the Climate…

  • Best Estimate Data Available for Sensible and Latent Heat Fluxes at the SGP

    Data from the Bulk Aerodynamic Energy Balance Bowen Ratio (EBBR) Station, or BAEBBR, Value-Added Product (VAP) are now available at the ARCF Data Archive for the period 1993 through 2008 at the 15 Southern Great Plains (SGP) extended facilities with EBBR measurements. The BAEBBR VAP produces a “best estimate” of sensible and latent heat fluxes…

  • Upgrades to Cloud Radar Lead to New Data Product: MicroARSCL

    By providing detailed information about cloud properties, the millimeter wave cloud radar (MMCR) is a key capability at ARM sites. Between 2004 and 2006, ARM completed upgrades to the digital portion of the MMCR receivers. These upgrades significantly improved the radar’s temporal resolution, extended the interval for detecting velocity, and allowed continuous recording of Doppler…

  • Second Version of Long-Term Climate Modeling Best Estimate Data Released

    Version 2 of the Climate Modeling Best Estimate includes the data source information for cloud fraction, as depicted in this data plot. With major improvements in the cloud fraction, cloud liquid water path (LWP), precipitable water vapor (PWV), and surface radiative fluxes, a new version of the “Climate Modeling Best Estimate” (CMBE) is now available…