VAP : Whole Sky Imager Cloud Products (WSICLOUD)

Note:wsicloud is currently inactive and/or retired.

Active Dates
1995.09.20 - 2004.01.12

Instrument Categories
Cloud Properties

Output Products

  • wsicloudden : WSI: stationary (JPEG) images based on optical density retrieval
  • wsicloudspec : WSI: stationary (JPEG) images based on spectral retrieval
  • wsicloudsummary : WSI: cloud and aerosol info, classification summary data
  • wsicloudsummarygif : WSI: images (GIF) relating to cloud, aerosol summary data
  • wsifilesummary : WSI: images (GIF) and text representations of data existence

Primary Measurements

The following measurements are those considered scientifically relevant.

Locations

  • North Slope Alaska (NSA)
    • Central Facility, Atqasuk AK (C2)
    • Central Facility, Barrow AK (C1)
  • Southern Great Plains (SGP)
    • Blackwell/Tonkawa Airport, OK (L3)
    • Central Facility, Lamont, OK (C1)
  • Tropical Western Pacific (TWP)
    • Central Facility, Darwin, Australia (C3)
    • Central Facility, Manus I., PNG (C1)
    • Central Facility, Nauru Island (C2)