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Five Years of Radiatively Important Parameters Best Estimate (RIPBE) Data Now Available
Scientists use detailed state-of-the art radiative transfer models to understand the radiative impact of clouds and aerosols on the Earth’s radiation budget, evaluate remote-sensing retrievals of cloud and aerosol properties, and develop and evaluate simpler radiative transfer models for inclusion in cloud and climate models. The ARM suite of instruments measures all of the radiatively…
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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…
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New Surface Spectral Albedo VAP Provides Surface Type Observations at Southern Great Plains
Example quicklook from the SURFSPECALB VAP. The plot shows the estimated spectral albedo at SGP for the 10-m and 25-m towers on September 11, 2004. On this day, the surface type for both towers is partial vegetation. The Surface Spectral Albedo (SURFSPECALB) value-added product (VAP) has been released for operational production at the Southern Great…
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Radiatively Important Parameters Best Estimate Data Available for Southern Great Plains
The upper panel shows the output aerosol extinction field in RIPBE, and the bottom panel shows the quality control (qc) flags on aerosol extinction. Descriptions of the qc flags are given in the netCDF file header. In this case, the gold and pink qc flags on the aerosol extinction indicate periods at the top of…