GPM GROUND VALIDATION UND CITATION CLOUD MICROPHYSICS MC3E V1

Description

The GPM Ground Validation UND Citation Cloud Microphysics MC3E dataset was collected during the Midlatitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment (MC3E), which took place in central Oklahoma during the April-June 2011 period. The experiment was a collaborative effort between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission Ground Validation (GV) program. The University of North Dakota (UND) Cessna Citation aircraft, an in-situ platform for the MC3E campaign, carried a suite of instruments for measurements of cloud microphysics, state of the atmosphere parameters, aerosols, three-dimensional winds and turbulence. The Citation flew 15 data missions, which totaled 42.6 flight hours. The data are stored as a separate file for each flight. Raw data files for each cloud instrument are also archived to allow investigators to use their own processing software. Particle size spectra for the imaging probes were processed by NCAR and are archived and distributed as a separate dataset (Particle probes).

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=gpmcmmc3e
21 MC3E Field Campaign Collection DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/MC3E/DATA101
21 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/uso/ds_docs/gpmgv/mc3e/gpmcmmc3e/gpmcmmc3e_dataset.html
33 Citation MC3E Data Quality; submitted on September 9, 2014 http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/uso/ds_docs/gpmgv/mc3e/gpmcmmc3e/Citation_MC3E_Data_Quality_2014-09_v2.pdf
21 The home page for the project or program which sponsored the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/mc3e
21 N/A https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/mc3e/cloud_microphysics_Citation/UND_cloud_microphysics/browse/
21 Instructions for citing GHRC data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FGPMGV%2FMC3E%2FMULTIPLE%2FDATA201
34 Sample browse image https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/mc3e/cloud_microphysics_Citation/UND_cloud_microphysics/browse/20110530/CPI_dataCP20110530_151912_132.png

Tags

  • atmospheric-water-vapor
  • atmosphere
  • spectral-engineering
  • platform-characteristics
  • clouds
  • atmospheric-winds
  • earth-science

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