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Characterized and Calibrated Radar Data Now Available for TRACER Campaign
Scientists interested in researching convection can now use characterized and corrected radar data from the 2021–2022 TRacking Aerosol Convection interactions ExpeRiment (TRACER) in the Houston, Texas, area. These data are considered b1-level, meaning they underwent calibration, correction, and quality control processes beyond the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility’s standard quality checks and corrections. ARM…
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Convective Cell Tracking Database Now Available for CACTI Campaign
A new database describes the properties of individually tracked convective cells during the Cloud, Aerosol, and Complex Terrain Interactions (CACTI) field campaign. The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility conducted the CACTI campaign in 2018 and 2019 in Argentina’s Sierras de Córdoba mountain range. Using data from the second-generation C-Band Scanning ARM Precipitation Radar (CSAPR2)…
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Precipitation Radar Data Product Released for CACTI Campaign
The Corrected Moments in Antenna Coordinates Version 2 (CMAC2) value-added product (VAP) has been updated to work with the second-generation C-Band Scanning ARM Precipitation Radar (CSAPR2). A new CSAPR2 data product processed with CMAC2 is now available for the 2018–2019 Cloud, Aerosol, and Complex Terrain Interactions (CACTI) field campaign in Argentina. Scientists can use this…