These files contain 24 hour periods of retrieved thermodynamic profiles derived from observations collected by the CLAMPS2 Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (AERI) and microwave radiometer (MWR). The TROPoe algorithm is a python equivalent to the AERIoe algorithm (see Turner and Loehnert, 2014; Turner and Blumberg 2019). These data were collected during the TRACER-CUBIC project. MWR only and combined AERI and MWR retrievals are available. During this deployment the AERI had high noise so AERI only retrievals are unavailable and the combined AERI and MWR retrievals should be used with extreme caution.
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Metadata Creator:
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Contact Info:
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Investigator(s):
| Tyler Bell (tyler.bell@noaa.gov)
Elizabeth Smith (elizabeth.smith@noaa.gov)
Joshua Gebauer (joshua.gebauer@noaa.gov)
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| Data Citation: | https://doi.org/10.5439/1973833 |
| Data Format: | nc |
| Abstract: | These files contain 24 hour periods of retrieved thermodynamic profiles derived from observations collected by the CLAMPS2 Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (AERI) and microwave radiometer (MWR). The TROPoe algorithm is a python equivalent to the AERIoe algorithm (see Turner and Loehnert, 2014; Turner and Blumberg 2019). These data were collected during the TRACER-CUBIC project. MWR only and combined AERI and MWR retrievals are available. During this deployment the AERI had high noise so AERI only retrievals are unavailable and the combined AERI and MWR retrievals should be used with extreme caution. |
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Arm Sites:
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Content Time Range:
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Begin:
2022-05-25
End:
2022-09-25 |
| Data Type: | TRACER-CUBIC
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| Scientific Measurements(s): |
| Measurement name | Variables |
| temperature | temperature
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| water vapor mixing ratio | waterVapor
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Attribute Accuracy:
| No formal uncertainty assessments were conducted and no estimates of uncertainty are reported. |
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Positional Accuracy:
| No formal positional accuracy tests were conducted |
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Consistency and Completeness Report:
| Data set is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details. |
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Factor Affecting the Research:
| During this deployment the AERI had high noise so AERI only retrievals are unavailable and the combined AERI and MWR retrievals should be used with extreme caution. |
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Use Restrictions:
| No use constraints are associated with this data. |
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Tools:
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| Tool/Model Description: | A climatology from soundings from Lake Charles, LA was used as the prior for the TROPoe retrievals. Recentering of this prior based on a surface water vapor measurement was performed for each retrieved profile. Zenith observations from all MWR channels are included in both sets of retrievals. In the combined AERI and MWR retrievals, radiances from the AERI in the following wavenumber bands were used: 538.0-588.0, 612.0-618.0, 624.0-660.0, 674.0-713.0, 713.0-722.0, 860.1-864.0, 872.2-877.5, 898.2-905.4 cm-1. Temperature and water vapor observations from a surface station and RAP analysis temperature and water vapor profiles above 4 km are also used in the retrievals. Cloud-based height information from a Doppler lidar was included for retrievals that occurred after 15Z on 24 June 2022. The retrieved profiles are available every 10 minutes. |
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Distribution Info:
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Organization Name: |
ARM Archive User Services
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Email:
armarchive[at]ornl.gov
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Phone:
1-888-ARM-DATA
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Street:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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City:
Oak Ridge
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State:
Tennessee
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Postal:
37831-6290
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Additional Missing Info:
| CLAMPS2TROPoe_TRACER_readme.docx: README file that contains further information on this dataset, including instrument details and data availability. |
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