Value-Added Products (VAP)
Many of the scientific needs of the ARM Climate Research Facility are met through the analysis and processing of existing data products into "value-added" products, or VAPs. Despite extensive instrumentation deployed at the ARM sites, there will always be quantities of interest that are either impractical or impossible to measure directly or routinely. Physical models using ARM instrument data as inputs are implemented as VAPs and can help fill some of the unmet measurement needs of the ARM Facility or improve the quality of existing measurements. In addition, when more than one measurement is available, ARM also produces "best-estimate" VAPs.
All VAPs produce c1 level output files, while newer VAPs, which have been updated to the ARM quality control standards, produce both c1 and s1 output files (see ARM file naming conventions). The s1 files are summary files that contain a subset of the c1 file variables (generally the primary variables), have simplified quality control flags, and have known 'bad' values set to missing data. When available, s1 files are the recommended file for the general user.
| VAP | Full Name | Site(s) | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| aerinf | AERI Noise Filtered | NSA, PGH, SGP, SMT, TWP | 2004.01.12 | 2013.02.04 |
| aeriprof | AERI Profiles of Water Vapor and Temperature | SGP | 1996.06.14 | 2012.04.30 |
| aerosolbe | Aerosol Best Estimate | SGP | 2001.01.01 | 2012.11.30 |
| aip | Aerosol Intensive Properties | FKB, GRW, HFE, NIM, NSA, PGH, PYE, SGP | 1996.07.02 | 2012.12.30 |
| aod | Aerosol Optical Depth, derived from MFRSR/NIMFR | FKB, GAN, GRW, HFE, NSA, PVC, PYE, SBS, SGP, TWP | 1997.02.08 | 2012.12.31 |
| armbe | ARM Best Estimate Data Products | NSA, SGP, TWP | 1994.01.01 | 2012.12.31 |
| arscl | Active Remotely-Sensed Cloud Locations | NSA, SGP, TWP | 1996.11.07 | 2011.03.23 |
| baebbr | Best-Estimate Fluxes From EBBR Measurements and Bulk Aerodynamics Calculations | SGP | 1993.07.04 | 2013.01.31 |
| beflux | Best-Estimate Radiative Flux | SGP | 1995.05.19 | 2013.02.10 |
| bsrncalc | Baseline Solar Radiation Network (BSRN): calculated solar irradiances | SGP | 1993.10.09 | 1994.08.13 |
| ccnprof | Cloud Condensation Nuclei Profile | SGP | 2006.09.15 | 2012.12.28 |
| diffcor | Correction of Diffuse Shortwave Measurements | NSA, SGP, TWP | 1993.09.01 | 2001.06.19 |
| gvrpwv | G-Band Vapor Radiometer Precipitable Water Vapor | NSA | 2006.09.28 | 2013.02.10 |
| lbl | Line-By-Line Radiative Transfer Model | SGP | 1993.12.08 | 2005.01.08 |
| lssonde | Microwave Radiometer-Scaled Sonde Profiles | SGP | 1994.04.11 | 2013.02.10 |
| mergesonde | Merged Sounding | FKB, GAN, GRW, HFE, NIM, NSA, PYE, SGP, TWP | 1996.07.15 | 2012.02.28 |
| mfrsrcldod | Cloud Optical Properties from MFRSR Using Min Algorithm | SGP | 1997.08.21 | 2012.11.09 |
| microbase | Continuous Baseline Microphysical Retrieval | NSA, SGP, TWP | 1996.11.08 | 2011.03.22 |
| mmcrmode | MMCR mode moments, derived by ARSCL process | NSA, SGP, TWP | 1996.11.08 | 2011.03.23 |
| mplavg | MPL: data averaged to fixed 30 second interval, e.g. for polarized data | FKB, GRW, HFE, NSA, PGH, SGP, TWP | 1990.01.01 | 2011.08.17 |
| mplcbh | Cloud Base Height from MPL Using Scott-Spinhirne Algorithm | SGP, TWP | 1994.04.10 | 2001.03.10 |
| mplcmask | Cloud mask from Micropulse Lidar | FKB, GAN, GRW, HFE, NSA, PGH, PVC, SGP, TWP | 1990.01.01 | 2013.02.10 |
| mplnor | Normalized Backscatter Profiles from the Micropulse Lidar | SGP, TWP | 1996.05.01 | 2004.05.11 |
| mwravg | Microwave Radiometer Averages in 1- and 5-Minute Increments | NSA, SGP, TWP | 1993.10.09 | 2007.06.04 |
| mwrret | MWR Retrievals | FKB, GAN, NSA, SGP, TWP | 1990.01.01 | 2013.02.06 |
| qcrad | Data Quality Assessment for ARM Radiation Data | FKB, GAN, HFE, NIM, NSA, PGH, PYE, SGP, TWP | 1993.09.01 | 2013.02.10 |
| qmeaerilbl | Comparison of Statistics or Clouds data from AERI vs. LBLRTM Model runs | NSA, SGP, TWP | 1993.12.08 | 2007.06.06 |
| qmelwflux | Comparison of Longwave Flux Data from AERI and LBLRTM vs. pyrgeometer | SGP | 2001.04.02 | 2003.04.16 |
| qmemwrcol | Comparison of Water in the Column from MWR vs. Instrument Model | NSA, SGP, TWP | 1993.10.11 | 2004.07.05 |
| ripbe | Radiatively Important Parameters Best Estimate | SGP | 2002.03.01 | 2007.07.31 |
| rlprof | Raman LIDAR Vertical Profiles | SGP, TWP | 1998.03.01 | 2013.02.09 |
| rwptemp | RWP-Based Virtual Temperature Profile | SGP | 1995.12.15 | 2006.05.14 |
| sfccldgrid | Surface Cloud Grid | SGP | 1997.01.01 | 2009.11.25 |
| sirosopdepth | Optical Depth from SIROS instruments | SGP | 1990.01.01 | 1990.01.01 |
| sondecalc | Balloon-borne sounding system (BBSS): recalculated wind/pressure/temp/RH | SGP | 1990.01.01 | 2001.01.03 |
| surfspecalb | Surface Spectral Albedo | SGP | 2003.12.13 | 2012.05.07 |
| swfluxanal | Shortwave Flux Analysis | NSA, SGP, TWP | 1993.09.01 | 2012.09.28 |
| toacess | Top of atmosphere (TOA): radiative flux data, after R. Cess | SGP | 1994.08.08 | 1994.12.11 |
| twrmr | Tower Water-Vapor Mixing Ratio | SGP | 1996.09.10 | 2013.02.10 |
| wsicloud | Whole Sky Imager Cloud Products | NSA, SGP, TWP | 1995.09.20 | 2004.01.12 |
| Product | Full Name | Site(s) | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEROSOLBE | Aerosol Best Estimate | NSA | 2004.02.01 | 2005.01.31 |
| MERGESONDE | Merged Sounding VAP | FKB, GRW, HFE, NIM, NSA, PYE, SGP, TWP | [ N/A ] | [ N/A ] |
| MICROBASE | Cloud Microbase-kazr Profiles (ka) VAP | GAN, SGP | [ N/A ] | [ N/A ] |
| WACRARSCL | WACR-ARSCL VAP | FKB, GRW, HFE, NIM, SGP | [ N/A ] | [ N/A ] |
| BBHRP | Broadband Heating Rate Profile Project (BBHRP) | SGP | 2000.03.01 | 2006.02.28 |
| MWRRET | MWR Retrievals of Cloud Liquid Water and Water Vapor | FKB, GRW, HFE, NIM, PYE, SBS | 2005.02.01 | 2011.04.25 |
| VARANAL | CMWG Data - SCM-Forcing Data, Cloud Microphysical Properties and Radiative Heating Profiles | HFE, NSA, SGP, TWP | [ N/A ] | [ N/A ] |
| CLDCLASS | Cloud Classification VAP | SGP | 1999.01.01 | 2001.12.31 |
| MICROARSCL | Micro-ARSCL | SGP | 2007.05.01 | 2008.05.31 |
| MPLCOD | MicroPulse LIDAR Cloud Optical Depth (MPLCOD) | SGP | 1999.05.01 | 2004.05.14 |
| RIPBE | Radiatively Important Parameters Best Estimate (RIPBE) | SGP | 2002.03.01 | 2007.06.30 |
| SONDEADJUST | Sonde-Adjust | FKB, GRW, HFE, NIM, NSA, PYE, SGP, TWP | [ N/A ] | [ N/A ] |
| ACRED | ARM Cloud Retrieval Ensemble Data | NSA, SGP, TWP | [ N/A ] | [ N/A ] |
| MMCG | Mapped Moments to a Cartesian Grid | SGP, TWP | [ N/A ] | [ N/A ] |
| INTERPSONDE | Interpolated Sonde | GAN, SGP, TWP | [ N/A ] | [ N/A ] |
| PBLHT | Planetary Boundary Layer Height | GAN, SGP | [ N/A ] | [ N/A ] |
| AMT | Aerosol Modeling Testbed | [ N/A ] | [ N/A ] | |
| QCECOR | Quality Controlled Eddy Correlation Flux (QCECOR) | FKB, GRW, HFE, NIM, PYE, SGP | [ N/A ] | [ N/A ] |
| KAZRARSCL | Active Remote Sensing of Clouds from Ka-band ARM Zenith Radars | GAN, SGP | [ N/A ] | [ N/A ] |
| CONVV | Convective Vertical Velocity | SGP | 2011.04.25 | 2011.05.23 |
| MFRSRCIP | MFRSR-Column Intensive Properties | SGP | 2011.01.01 | 2011.12.30 |
| AOSCCNAVG | Average of Cloud Condensation Nuclei from AOS | PGH, SGP | [ N/A ] | [ N/A ] |
| LANGLEY | SASHE Langley Regressions | PVC, SGP | [ N/A ] | [ N/A ] |
| AOD | Aerosol Optical Depths from SAS-He | PVC, SGP | [ N/A ] | [ N/A ] |
| CMAC | Corrected Moments in Antenna Coordinates | SGP | 2011.04.15 | 2011.06.29 |
| QPE | Quantitative Precipitation Estimates (QPE) from the CSAPR | SGP | 2011.04.15 | 2011.06.29 |
| VAP | Full Name | Site(s) | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| abrfc | Arkansas-Red Basin River Forecast Center | SGP | 1994.06.24 | 2013.02.07 |
| goes-uth | Upper Tropospheric Relative Humidity from GOES Satellite Data | SGP, TWP | 2002.10.01 | 2010.04.13 |
| goeswater | Water Profiles from GOES Satellite Data | SGP | 1999.01.01 | 2006.06.27 |
| lbtm-minnis | Minnis Cloud Products Using LBTM Algorithm | SGP, TWP | 1994.04.05 | 2003.08.31 |
| precipret | Precipitation Retrievals | SGP | 2007.06.01 | 2007.06.30 |
| ssmi | Special Sensor Microwave/Imager | GEC | 1990.01.01 | 2009.12.31 |
| suomigps | SuomiNet Global Positioning System | GEC, SGP | 2001.06.07 | 2013.02.08 |
| tdmadap | Aerosol Properties derived from TDMA Measurements | SGP | 2005.10.07 | 2009.05.31 |
| visst | Minnis Cloud Products Using Visst Algorithm | NSA, PYE, SGP, TWP | 1990.01.01 | 2012.12.31 |
| wpdngps | Wind Profiler Demonstration Network GPS | SGP | 1996.01.01 | 2013.02.11 |
| Product Name | PI | Site(s) | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISCCP Cloud Data Around the ARM Sites | Hnilo, Justin | FKB, NIM, NSA, PYE, SGP, TWP | 1992.01.01 | 2006.06.30 |
| Barrow Radiation Data (2009 metric) | Riihimaki, Laura | NSA | 2008.01.01 | 2008.12.31 |
| AERI Data Quality Metric (AERI-QC) | Turner, David | SGP | [ N/A ] | [ N/A ] |
| Preliminary Ka-SACR Ingested Data Files | Johnson, Karen | SGP | 2011.06.09 | 2011.06.11 |
| Multispectral Thermal Imager (MTI) | Cialella, Alice | NSA, SGP | 2000.10.01 | 2003.05.02 |
| Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) | Cialella, Alice | SGP | 1997.08.01 | 1997.08.01 |
| Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) | Cialella, Alice | NSA, SGP, TWP | 1992.07.15 | [ N/A ] |
