Collection Citation
| Collection Title | Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment (M-PACE): the Field Campaign | ||
| Collection Sponsor | USDOE - Office of Science (SC) | ||
| Other Sponsors | National Aeronautics and Space administration (NASA) | ||
| Host Website | Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA | ||
| Other Related Organizations | University of North Dakota | ||
| Main Content Type | Computer Models/Simulations; Numeric Files/Datasets | ||
| Subject Categories | 54 - ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | ||
| Keywords | ARM; North Slope of Alaska (NSA); Arctic clouds; Microphysical processes; Radiative transfer; Radiosonde; Lidar; Radar; GEWEX Cloud System Study Data Integration for Model Evaluation (GCSSDIME); | ||
| Description | The major objective of the Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment (M-PACE) was to collect a focused set of observations needed to advance our understanding of the dynamics and processes in mixed-phase arctic clouds, including cloud microphysical processes and radiative transfer through these clouds. The M-PACE consisted of 4 surface based sites located in the North Slope of Alaska, including the 2 DOE-ARM NSA sites Barrow and Atqasuk supplemented by another remote sensing site at Oliktok Point and a radiosonde site in the interior. The Oliktok Point site was equipped with an ARM-like remote sensing facility, supplemented by a tethered balloon equipped with basic met. Aircraft equipped with the full complement of microphysical and radiation instruments documented cloud properties between these four points. The University of North Dakota Citation was the in situ platform, while the DOE-ARM UAV served as a high-flying remote sensing platform. In addition to its standard set of microphysical measurement systems, the Citation was equipped with the NCAR CCN counter and the CSU IN counter, while the UAV had downward looking cloud radar, lidar and S-HIS in addition to its complement of in situ microphysical measurement systems. [Taken from http://gcss-dime.giss.nasa.gov/mpace/mpace.html and modified to reflect past tense] This case study presents data from 27 Sep 2004 to 22 Oct 2004 and covers a region from 65N to 75N latitude and from 160W to 145W longitude. | ||
| DDE Number | DDE00319 | ||
| Special Interface | No | ||
| Registration_Required | No |
