Constrained Variational Analysis (CONSTRVARANA) - IOP
Instrument Categories: Derived Quantities and Models
IOPs Where the Instrument was Used
Fall 1997 SCM IOP
Southern Great Plains, September 15 - October 5, 1997Fall 2002 SCM IOP
Southern Great Plains, Nov. 3 - 23, 2002Fall SCM IOP
Southern Great Plains, September - October 2000Late Fall SCM IOP
Southern Great Plains, November 27 - December 12, 2000Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment
North Slope Alaska, 2004-09-27 -- 2004-10-21Spring 1997 SCM IOP
Southern Great Plains, April 1997Spring 2002 SCM IOP
Southern Great Plains, May 25 - June 15Spring SCM IOP
Southern Great Plains, April 27 - May 17, 1998Spring SCM IOP
Southern Great Plains, March 1-22, 2000Spring Single Column Model IOP
Southern Great Plains, March 1 - 22, 1999Summer 1995 Single Column Model IOP
Southern Great Plains, July 1995Summer Single Column Model IOP
Southern Great Plains, June 18 - July 18, 1997Summer Single Column Model IOP
Southern Great Plains, July 12-22, 1999Tropical Warm Pool - International Cloud Experiment (TWP-ICE)
Tropical Western Pacific, 2006-01-21 -- 2006-02-13Winter Single Column Model IOP
Southern Great Plains, January 19 - February 8, 1999
Primary Measurements Taken
The following measurements are those considered scientifically relevant. Refer to the datastream (netcdf) file headers for the list of all available measurements, including those recorded for diagnostic or quality assurance purposes.
- Precipitation
- Cloud top height
- Horizontal wind
- Soil temperature
- Cloud fraction
- Atmospheric pressure
- Latent heat flux
- Sensible heat flux
- Advective tendency
- Atmospheric moisture
- Vertical velocity
- Cloud liquid water
- Precipitable water
- Atmospheric temperature
- Longwave broadband upwelling irradiance
- Longwave broadband downwelling irradiance
- Shortwave broadband total upwelling irradiance
- Shortwave broadband total downwelling irradiance