Value-Added Product (VAP) Reports
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Value-Added Product Name | Document Title | Author(s) | Publication Year |
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Cloud Optical Depth from MFRSR (MFRSRCLDOD) | Changes to MFRSRCLDOD1MIN Datastream, (PDF, 845KB) | McFarlane, S, and Y Shi | 2012 |
Raman Lidar Profiles Best Estimate (RLPROFBE) | Raman Lidar Profiles Best Estimate Value-Added Product Technical Report, (PDF, 666KB) | Newsom, R | 2012 |
ARM Cloud Retrieval Ensemble Data Set (ACRED) | ARM Cloud Retrieval Ensemble Data Set (ACRED), (PDF, 647KB) | Xie, S, SA Klein, R McCoy, JM Comstock, J Delanoë, M Deng, M Dunn, RJ Hogan, MP Jensen, GG Mace, SA McFarlane, EJ O’Connor, A Protat, MD Shupe, D Turner, and Z Wang | 2011 |
Spectral Surface Albedo (SURFSPECALB) | ARM Climate Research Facility Spectral Surface Albedo Value-Added Product (VAP) Report, (PDF, 1.2MB) | McFarlane, S, K Gaustad, C Long, E Mlawer | 2011 |
Active Remote Sensing of Clouds (ARSCL) | The ARM Millimeter Wave Cloud Radars (MMCRs) and the Active Remote Sensing of Clouds (ARSCL) Value Added Product (VAP) (PDF, 3.7MB) | Clothiaux, EE, MA Miller, RC Perez, DD Turner, KP Moran, BE Martner, TP Ackerman, GG Mace, RT Marchand, KB Widener, DJ Rodriguez, T Uttal, JH Mather, CJ Flynn, KL Gaustad, and B Ermold | 2001 |
Best-Estimate Radiative Flux (BEFLUX) | The ARM Southern Great Plains Central Facility Best Estimate Radiative Flux CD (PDF, 763KB) | Long, CN | 2002 |
Micropulse Lidar Cloud Optical Depth (MPLCOD) | An ARM Value-Added Product to Retrieve Optically Thin Cloud Visible Optical Depth using Micropulse Lidar (PDF, 348KB) | Lo, C, JM Comstock, and C Flynn | 2006 |
Best-Estimate Radiative Flux (BEFLUX) | Best Estimate Radiation Flux Value Added Product: Algorithm Operational Details and Explanations (PDF, 1.0MB) | Shi, Y, and CN Long | 2002 |
Cloud Optical Depth from MFRSR (MFRSRCLDOD) | Cloud Optical Properties from the Multi-Filter Shadowband Radiometer (MFRSRCLDOD): An ARM Value-Added Product (PDF, 307KB) | Turner, DD, C Lo, and Q Min | 2004 |
Description of the ARM Operational Objective Analysis System (PDF, 253KB) | Zhang, M, S Xie, RT Cederwall, and JJ Yio | 2001 | |
Improved Correction of IR Loss in Diffuse Shortwave Measurements (SW DIFF CORR 1DUTT) | Improved Correction of IR Loss in Diffuse Shortwave Measurements: An ARM Value-Added Product (PDF, 1.0MB) | Younkin, K, and CN Long | 2003 |
Continuous Baseline Microphysical Retrieval (MICROBASE) | The Microbase Value-Added Product: A Baseline Retrieval of Cloud Microphysical Properties (PDF, 492KB) | Dunn, M, K Johnson, and M Jensen | 2011 |
Merged Sounding (MERGESONDE) | Merged Sounding Value-Added Product (PDF, 513KB) | Troyan, D | 2010 |
Micropulse Lidar Cloud Mask (MPLCMASK) | Micropulse Lidar Cloud Mask Value-Added Product Technical Report (PDF, 318KB) | Sivaraman, C, and J Comstock | 2011 |
Microwave Radiometer Retrievals (MWRRET) | MWRRET Value-Added Product: The Retrieval of Liquid Water Path and Precipitable Water Vapor from Microwave Radiometer (MWR) Data Sets, (PDF, 263KB) - Revision 2 | Gaustad, KL, DD Turner, and Sally McFarlane | 2011 |
Radiatively Important Parameters Best Estimate (RIPBE) | Radiatively Important Parameters Best Estimate (RIPBE): An ARM Value-Added Product, (PDF, 2.0MB) | McFarlane, S, T Shippert, and J Mather | 2011 |
Sonde Adjust (SONDEADJUST) | Sonde Adjust Value-Added Product Technical Report, (PDF, 1.2MB) | Troyan, D | 2011 |
AERI Profiles (AERIPROF) | Retrieving Temperature and Moisture Profiles from AERI Radiance Observations: AERIPROF Value-Added Product Technical Description, (PDF, 844KB) - Revision 1 | Feltz, WF, HB Howell, RO Knuteson, J Comstock, R Mahon, DD Turner, WL Smith, HM Woolf, C Sivaraman, and TD Halter | 2007 |
Quality Control and Continuity of Surface Radiation Measurements (QCRAD) | The QCRad Value Added Product: Surface Radiation Measurement Quality Control Testing, Including Climatology Configurable Limits (PDF, 1.3MB) | Long, CN, and Y Shi | 2006 |
Shortwave Flux Analysis (SWFLUXANAL) | The Shortwave (SW) Clear-Sky Detection and Fitting Algorithm: Algorithm Operational Details and Explanations (PDF, 221KB) - Revision 1 | Long, CN, and KL Gaustad | 2004 |
SGP Area Surface Cloud and SW Radiation Grid (SFCCLDGRID) | Surface Cloud Grid (SfcCldGrid) Value-Added Product: Algorithm Operational Details and Explanations (PDF, 540KB) | Christy, JE, and CN Long | 2003 |
VAP Development: Initiation, Development, Evaluation, and Release (PDF, 184KB) | Jensen, M, S Collis, J Fast, C Flynn, J Mather, S McFarlane, J Monroe, C Sivaraman, and S Xie | 2011 | |
Aerosol Best Estimate (AEROSOLBE) | Aerosol Best Estimate (AEROSOLBE) Value-Added Product (PDF, 1.9MB) | Flynn, C, D Turner, A Koontz, D Chand, C Sivaraman | 2012 |
Cloud Condensation Nuclei Profile (CCNPROF) | Cloud Condensation Nuclei Profile Value-Added Product (PDF, 1.1MB) | McFarlane, S, C Sivaraman, S Ghan | 2012 |
Raman Lidar Profiles–Temperature (RLPROFTEMP) | Raman Lidar Profiles–Temperature Value-Added Product (PDF, 362KB) | Newsom, RK, C Sivaraman, SA McFarlane | 2012 |
G-Band Vapor Radiometer Precipitable Water Vapor (GVRPWV) | G-Band Vapor Radiometer Precipitable Water Vapor (GVRPWV) Value-Added Product (PDF, 171KB) | Koontz, A, M Cadeddu | 2012 |
Interpolated Sounding (INTERPSONDE) | Interpolated Sounding (INTERPSONDE) Value-Added Product (PDF, 643KB) | Troyan, D | 2013 |