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New MICROARSCL Evaluation Data Released for Barrow, Alaska
Four of the roughly 30 variables provided by MICROARSCL are shown here for February 13, 2012, in Barrow, Alaska. A new evaluation release of 18 months of data from Barrow, Alaska, provides the first KAZR-based Micro-Active Remote Sensing of Clouds (MICROARSCL) data from this North Slope of Alaska (NSA) site. The addition of the KAZR…
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MICROARSCL Evaluation Data Released: Harnessing the Power of Radar Doppler Spectra
Four of the roughly 30 variables provided by MICROARSCL are shown here for a day in Barrow, Alaska. Since 2004, the ARM Climate Research Facility has collected continuous recordings of profiling radar Doppler spectra. These recorded spectra offer a powerful means for overcoming the dependency of radar measurements on particle size (proportional to the sixth…
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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…