Multifrequency radar observations of marine clouds during the EPCAPE campaign

Socuellamos, Juan M.; Rodriguez Monje, Raquel; Lebsock, Matthew D.; Cooper, Ken B.; Beauchamp, Robert M.; Umeyama, Arturo

doi:10.5194/essd-16-2701-2024

Multifrequency radar observations of marine clouds during the EPCAPE campaign

Journal Article · Mon Jun 10 00:00:00 EDT 2024 · Earth System Science Data (Online)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-2701-2024· OSTI ID:2376971

Socuellamos, Juan M. ^[1]; Rodriguez Monje, Raquel ^[1]; ^[1]; Cooper, Ken B. ^[1]; Beauchamp, Robert M. ^[1]; ^[1]

California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). Jet Propulsion Lab. (JPL)

The Eastern Pacific Cloud Aerosol Precipitation Experiment (EPCAPE) was a year-round campaign conducted by the US Department of Energy at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, CA, USA, with a focus on characterizing atmospheric processes at a coastal location. The ground-based prototype of a new Ka-, W-, and G-band (35.75, 94.88, and 238.8 GHz) profiling atmospheric radar, named CloudCube, which was developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, took part in the experiment during 6 weeks in March and April 2023. This article describes the unique data sets that were obtained during the field campaign from a variety of marine clouds and light precipitation. These are, to the best of the authors' knowledge, the first observations of atmospheric clouds using simultaneous multifrequency measurements including 238.8 GHz. These data sets therefore provide an exceptional opportunity to study and analyze hydrometeors with diameters in the millimeter- and submillimeter size range that can be used to better understand cloud and precipitation structure, formation, and evolution. The data sets referenced in this article are intended to provide a complete, extensive, and high-quality collection of G-band data in the form of Doppler spectra and Doppler moments. In addition, Ka-band and W-band reflectivity and Ka-, W-, and G-band reflectivity ratio profiles are included for several cases of interest on 6 different days.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Data Center

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Contributing Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL); Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 2376971

Journal Information:: Earth System Science Data (Online), Journal Name: Earth System Science Data (Online) Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 16; ISSN 1866-3516

Publisher:: Copernicus PublicationsCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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