ARM Data sets for the Year of Tropical Convection (YOTC)
Abstract
The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility operates three measurement sites in the Tropical Western Pacific (TWP) region at Manus, Papua New Guinea (2.06° S, 147.43° E), Nauru Island (0.52° S, 166.92° E), and Darwin, Australia (12.42° S, 130.89° E). These well-instrumented ground sites provide continuous, 24-hour measurements of thermodynamic, cloud, aerosol, and radiation parameters beginning in 1996. Here, we present an overview of the measurements and value-added products (VAPs) available from the ARM tropical sites during the Year of Tropical Convection (YOTC) period. These data sets include twice-daily rawinsondes, profiles of cloud occurrence from radar and lidar measurements, and estimates of shortwave and longwave cloud radiative forcing from surface broadband radiometers. In addition, we describe where to find information on the YOTC data sets on the ARM website and how to download YOTC data sets from the ARM archive.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2010
- Bibcode:
- 2010AGUFM.A14B..07M
- Keywords:
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- 3311 ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES / Clouds and aerosols;
- 3360 ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES / Remote sensing;
- 3374 ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES / Tropical meteorology