Cloud liquid water
Measurement Categories: Atmospheric State, Cloud Properties
Description: The concentration (mass/vol) of liquid water droplets in a cloud.
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Instruments that produce the measurement
The above measurement is considered scientifically relevant for the following instruments. Refer to the datastream (netcdf) file headers of each instrument for a list of all available measurements, including those recorded for diagnostic or quality assurance purposes.
- ARM Instruments
- External Instruments
- Field Campaign Instruments
- Airborne Research Australia Cessna 404 (CESSNA-404-ARA)
- Constrained Variational Analysis (CONSTRVARANA)
- Eta Model Runs (ETA)
- European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts Diagnostic Analyses (ECMWFDIAG)
- European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts Model Data (ECMWF)
- JAMSTEC Research Vessel Mirai (MIRAI)
- JPL Microwave Radiometer (MWR-JPL)
- Microwave Radiometer (MWR)
- Microwave Radiometer Profiler (MWRP)
- Millimeter Wave Radiometer (MMWR)
- NCAR Counterflow Virtual Impactor (CVI)
- NOAA P-3 Aircraft (NOAA-P3)
- NOAA Research Vessel Ron Brown (RONBROWN)
- NPS CIRPAS Twin Otter Aircraft (CIRPAS)
- PNNL's Atmospheric Remote Sensing Laboratory (PARSL)
- Phase Doppler Interferometer (PDI)
- Raman LIDAR Vertical Profiles (RLPROF)
- Raman LIDAR Vertical Profiles of Water Vapor Mixing Ratio (RLPROFMR)
- University of North Dakota Citation Aircraft (CITATION)
- University of Washington Convair 580 Aircraft (UW-CONVAIR580)
Value-Added Products (VAPs) including the measurement
- (RLPROF) Raman LIDAR Vertical Profiles Process
- 10rlprofbe1turn - Raman LIDAR (RL): Best-estimate state of the atmos. profiles from RL & AERI+GOES retrievals
- 10rlprofmr1turn - Raman LIDAR (RL): water vapor mixing ratio and relative humidity profiles, along with PWV
- (SSMI) Special Sensor Microwave/Imager Process
- ssmi10 - Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I): Satellite 10
- ssmi11 - Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I): Satellite 11
- ssmi13 - Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I): Satellite 13
- ssmi14 - Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I): Satellite 14
- ssmi15 - Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I): Satellite 15
Datastreams including the measurement
- ecmwfdarvar - ECMWF: model met. and cloud variables at altitude, Darwin
- ecmwfmanvar - ECMWF: model met. and cloud variables at altitude, Manus, 1-hr avg
- ecmwfnauvar - ECMWF: model met. and cloud variables at altitude, Nauru 1-hr avg
- ecmwfvar - ECMWF: model met. and cloud variables at altitude, entire coverage, 1-hr avg