Remote sensing data from CLARET: A prototype CART data set

Technical Report · Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:7066184

Eberhard, W L; Uttal, T; Clark, K A; Cupp, R E; Dutton, E G; Fedor, L S; Intrieri, J M; Matrosov, S Y; Snider, J B; Willis, R J

The data set containing radiation, meteorological, and cloud sensor observations is documented. It was prepared for use by the Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program and other interested scientists. These data are a precursor of the types of data that ARM Cloud And Radiation Testbed (CART) sites will provide. The data are from the Cloud Lidar And Radar Exploratory Test (CLARET) conducted by the Wave Propagation Laboratory during autumn 1989 in the Denver-Boulder area of Colorado primarily for the purpose of developing new cloud-sensing techniques on cirrus. After becoming aware of the experiment, ARM scientists requested archival of subsets of the data to assist in the developing ARM program. Five CLARET cases were selected: two with cirrus, one with stratus, one with mixed-phase clouds, and one with clear skies. Satellite data from the stratus case and one cirrus case were analyzed for statistics on cloud cover and top height. The main body of the selected data are available on diskette from the Wave Propagation Laboratory or Los Alamos National Laboratory.

• Research Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO (United States)
• OSTI ID: 7066184
• Report Number(s): N-93-13094; NASA-CR-191294; NAS-1.26:191294; PB-92-206853; NOAA-TM-ERL-WPL-223; CNN: PROJ. 40220-CL-378
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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