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New Cloud Microphysics VAP Evaluation Data Released for TRACER Campaign
Sample plots show the primary fields from MICROBASEKAPLUS (liquid water content, liquid effective radius, ice water content, and ice effective radius) for October 14, 2021, at the TRACER ARM Mobile Facility site in La Porte, Texas. The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility’s Improved MICROBASE Product with Uncertainties (MICROBASEKAPLUS) is now available for the 2021–2022…
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Cloud Microphysics VAP Extended at Southern Great Plains
Sample plots show the primary fields from MICROBASEKAPLUS (liquid water content, liquid effective radius, ice water content, and ice effective radius) on November 21, 2021, at ARM’s Southern Great Plains atmospheric observatory. New evaluation data are available from a value-added product (VAP) that builds upon the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility’s historical Continuous Baseline…
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New Cloud Microphysics and Sonde Products Available for 2 ARM Campaigns
INTERPSONDE potential temperature output profiles are shown for November 18, 2012, during the Two-Column Aerosol Project (TCAP). The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility released two new cloud microphysics and sonde value-added products (VAPs) from the 2012–2013 Two-Column Aerosol Project (TCAP) on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and the Green Ocean Amazon (GoAmazon2014/15) field campaign near Manaus,…
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Updated: New Cloud Radar and Sonde Products Available for TRACER, SAIL Campaigns
Editor’s note (September 29, 2022): The end dates of the KAZRARSCL data for TRACER and SAIL have been updated below to reflect the availability of new data. The original announcement was published July 22, 2022. INTERPSONDE potential temperature output profiles are shown for October 7, 2021, during the TRacking Aerosol Convection interactions ExpeRiment (TRACER). The…
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New Cloud Microphysics VAP Evaluation Data Available for 3 ARM Sites
Sample plots are from the Cold-Air Outbreaks in the Marine Boundary Layer Experiment (COMBLE) near Andenes, Norway, and show the primary fields from MICROBASEKAPLUS (liquid water content, liquid effective radius, ice water content, ice effective radius) on May 25, 2020. Cloud microphysical properties affect cloud radiative heating, precipitation formation, and aerosol-cloud interactions, among other important…
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New Cloud Radar and Sonde Products Available for BAECC Campaign
INTERPSONDE potential temperature output profiles are shown for May 23, 2014, during the Biogenic Aerosols – Effects on Clouds and Climate (BAECC) field campaign. The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility released two new cloud radar and sonde value-added products (VAPs) from the Biogenic Aerosols – Effects on Clouds and Climate (BAECC) field campaign. BAECC…
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Three New Value-Added Products Available for MOSAiC Expedition
ARM instruments, including radars and aerosol instruments, operated on an icebreaker in the central Arctic during the 2019–2020 Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition. Photo is by Tercio Silva, then with Hamelmann Communications. The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility released three new value-added products (VAPs) from the 2019–2020 Multidisciplinary…
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Cloud Droplet Number Concentration Product Updated
This sample plot from the Southern Great Plains Central Facility shows the droplet number concentration for October 30, 2019. New data are available from the Droplet Number Concentration value-added product (NDROP VAP), which has been updated to use additional inputs. This will allow NDROP to be available quicker with better retrievals and to be applied…
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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…