Tropospheric Aerosol Radiative Forcing Observational eXperiment (TARFOX) - Vaisala Radiosonde data from Wallops ground station

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TARFOX_WALLOPS_SONDE is the Tropospheric Aerosol Radiative Forcing Observational eXperiment (TARFOX) Vaisala radiosonde data set from balloons launched at Wallops ground station. The TARFOX Intensive Field Campaign was conducted July 10-31, 1996. It included coordinated measurements from four satellites (GOES-8, NOAA-14, ERS-2, LANDSAT), four aircraft (ER-2, C-130, C-131A, and a modified Cessna), land sites, and ships. A variety of aerosol conditions was sampled, ranging from relatively clean behind frontal passages to moderately polluted with aerosol optical depths exceeding 0.5 at mid-visible wavelengths. Gradients of aerosol optical thickness were sampled to aid in isolating aerosol effects from other radiative effects and to more tightly constrain closure tests, including those of satellite retrievals. Early results from TARFOX include demonstration of the unexpected importance of carbonaceous compounds and water condensed on aerosol in the US mid-Atlantic haze plume, chemical apportionment of the aerosol optical depth, measurements of the downward component of aerosol radiative forcing, and agreement between forcing measurements and calculations.

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21 contents.html https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/TARFOX/TARFOX_WALLOPS_SONDE/contents.html
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5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fsearch%3Fq%3DC1536049399-LARC_ASDC
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Ftarfox%2Fguide%2Fbase_tarfox_datasets.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Ftarfox%2Freadme%2Freadme_tarfox_wallops_sonde.txt
5 https://doi.org%2F10.5067%2FASDC_DAAC%2FTARFOX%2F0003
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fciting-data
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Ftarfox%2Fguide%2Ftarfox_project.pdf
5 https://science.larc.nasa.gov%2Flidar%2Fcampaigns.html
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdata%2FTARFOX%2FTARFOX_WALLOPS_SONDE%2F
5 https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov%2Fopendap%2FTARFOX%2FTARFOX_WALLOPS_SONDE%2Fcontents.html
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fproject%2FTARFOX
5 https://geo.arc.nasa.gov%2Fsgg%2Ftarfox%2Fmission%2Fmission.html
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/TARFOX
5 https://geo.arc.nasa.gov/sgg/tarfox/
21 mission.html https://geo.arc.nasa.gov/sgg/tarfox/mission/mission.html
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=C1536049399-LARC_ASDC
21 https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/TARFOX/0003
33 base_tarfox_datasets.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/tarfox/guide/base_tarfox_datasets.pdf
47 readme_tarfox_wallops_sonde.txt https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/tarfox/readme/readme_tarfox_wallops_sonde.txt
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data
33 tarfox_project.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/tarfox/guide/tarfox_project.pdf
21 campaigns.html https://science.larc.nasa.gov/lidar/campaigns.html
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/TARFOX/TARFOX_WALLOPS_SONDE/
0 The metadata's original source. https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1536049399-LARC_ASDC.iso19115

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  • atmospheric-pressure-measurements
  • atmospheric-water-vapor-atmosphere
  • atmosphere
  • earth-science-atmospheric-pressure-atmosphere-atmospheric-pressure-measurements
  • earth-science-atmospheric-water-vapor-atmosphere-water-vapor-indicators-altitude
  • atmospheric-pressure
  • water-vapor-indicators
  • atmosphere-barometric-altitude
  • earth-science-altitude-atmosphere-barometric-altitude

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