Campaign Instrument : Constrained Variational Analysis (VARANAL)
Instrument Categories
Derived Quantities and Models
Campaigns
Cloud LAnd Surface Interaction Campaign (CLASIC)
Southern Great Plains, 2007.06.01 - 2007.06.30Fall 1997 SCM IOP
Southern Great Plains, 1997.09.15 - 1997.10.05Fall 2002 SCM IOP
Southern Great Plains, 2002.11.03 - 2002.11.23Fall SCM IOP
Southern Great Plains, 2000.09.01 - 2000.10.31Indirect and Semi-Direct Aerosol Campaign (ISDAC)
North Slope Alaska, 2008.04.01 - 2008.04.30Late Fall SCM IOP
Southern Great Plains, 2000.11.27 - 2000.12.12Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment
North Slope Alaska, 2004.09.27 - 2004.10.21Routine AAF CLOWD Optical Radiative Observations (RACORO)
Southern Great Plains, 2009.01.22 - 2009.06.30Spring 1997 SCM IOP
Southern Great Plains, 1997.04.01 - 1997.04.30Spring 2002 SCM IOP
Southern Great Plains, 2002.05.25 - 2002.06.15Spring SCM IOP
Southern Great Plains, 1998.04.27 - 1998.05.17Spring SCM IOP
Southern Great Plains, 2000.03.01 - 2000.03.22Spring Single Column Model IOP
Southern Great Plains, 1999.03.01 - 1999.03.22Summer 1995 Single Column Model IOP
Southern Great Plains, 1995.07.01 - 1995.07.31Summer Single Column Model IOP
Southern Great Plains, 1997.06.18 - 1997.07.18Summer Single Column Model IOP
Southern Great Plains, 1999.07.12 - 1999.07.22Tropical Warm Pool - International Cloud Experiment (TWP-ICE)
Tropical Western Pacific, 2006.01.21 - 2006.02.13Winter Single Column Model IOP
Southern Great Plains, 1999.01.19 - 1999.02.08
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.
- Soil surface temperature
- Vertical velocity
- Cloud liquid water
- Cloud fraction
- Precipitation
- Horizontal wind
- Cloud top height
- Atmospheric temperature
- Sensible heat flux
- Latent heat flux
- Advective tendency
- Longwave broadband downwelling irradiance
- Atmospheric pressure
- Precipitable water
- Shortwave broadband total downwelling irradiance
- Atmospheric moisture
- Longwave broadband upwelling irradiance
- Shortwave broadband total upwelling irradiance