ISDAC Microphysics

McFarquhar, Greg

doi:10.5439/1171942

Title: ISDAC Microphysics

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Best estimate of cloud microphysical parameters derived using data collected by the cloud microphysical probes installed on the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada Convair-580 during ISDAC. These files contain phase, liquid and ice crystal size distributions (Nw(D) and Ni(D) respectively), liquid water content (LWC), ice water content (IWC), extinction of liquid drops (bw), extinction of ice crystals (bi), effective radius of water drops (rew) and of ice crystals (rei) and median mass diameter of liquid drops (Dmml) and of ice crystals (Dmmi) at 30 second resolution.

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McFarquhar, Greg

ORNL

Publication Date:: 2011-07-25

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Research Org.:: Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Archive, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (US)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER) (SC-23)

Collaborations:: PNL, BNL,ANL,ORNL

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Cloud droplet size; Cloud extinction; Cloud particle size distribution; Cloud phase; Ice water content; Indirect and Semi-Direct Aerosol Campaign (ISDAC); Liquid water content; Total cloud water

OSTI Identifier:: 1171942

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.5439/1171942

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  title        = {ISDAC Microphysics},

  author       = {McFarquhar, Greg},

  abstractNote = {Best estimate of cloud microphysical parameters derived using data collected by the cloud microphysical probes installed on the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada Convair-580 during ISDAC. These files contain phase, liquid and ice crystal size distributions (Nw(D) and Ni(D) respectively), liquid water content (LWC), ice water content (IWC), extinction of liquid drops (bw), extinction of ice crystals (bi), effective radius of water drops (rew) and of ice crystals (rei) and median mass diameter of liquid drops (Dmml) and of ice crystals (Dmmi) at 30 second resolution.},

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  place        = {United States},

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