N: 40.944 S: 34.3247 E: -95.2302 W: -99.1654
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The GPM Ground Validation UND Citation Cloud Microphysics MC3E dataset was collected during the Midlatitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment (MC3E), which took place in central Oklahoma during the April-June 2011 period. The experiment was a collaborative effort between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission Ground Validation (GV) program. The University of North Dakota (UND) Cessna Citation aircraft, an in-situ platform for the MC3E campaign, carried a suite of instruments for measurements of cloud microphysics, state of the atmosphere parameters, aerosols, three-dimensional winds and turbulence. The Citation flew 15 data missions, which totaled 42.6 flight hours. The data are stored as a separate file for each flight. Raw data files for each cloud instrument are also archived to allow investigators to use their own processing software. Particle size spectra for the imaging probes were processed by NCAR and are archived and distributed as a separate dataset (Particle probes).
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| Title | Year Sort ascending | Author | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Multi-Platform In Situ Kinematic and Microphysical Analysis of a Hybrid ParallelTrailing Stratiform Mesoscale Convective System | Skow, Andrea, Poellot, Michael, Delene, David, Askelson, Mark, North, Kirk, Oue, Mariko | RADAR IMAGERY, Radar Reflectivity, Doppler Velocity, Hydrometeors, Turbulence, Attitude Characteristics, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Dew Point Temperature, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice | |
| Triple-frequency radar retrieval of microphysical properties of snow | Mroz, Kamil, Battaglia, Alessandro, Nguyen, Cuong, Heymsfield, Andrew, Protat, Alain, Wolde, Mengistu | Turbulence, Attitude Characteristics, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Dew Point Temperature, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Microphysics, Particle Size Distribution, Water Vapor Indices, Particulate Matter, Aerosol Particle Properties | |
| The North Dakota citation research aircraft measurement platform | Delene, David, Hibert, Kurt, Poellot, Michael, Brackin, Neil | Turbulence, Attitude Characteristics, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Dew Point Temperature, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Particulate Matter, Aerosol Particle Properties, Airspeed/Ground Speed, Flight Data Logs, Flight Level Winds | |
| A novel approach for characterizing the variability in massdimension relationships: Results from MC3E | Finlon, Joseph A., McFarquhar, Greg M., Nesbitt, Stephen W., Rauber, Robert M., Morrison, Hugh, Wu, Wei, Zhang, Pengfei | Turbulence, Attitude Characteristics, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Dew Point Temperature, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, SPECTRUM WIDTH, RADAR IMAGERY, Radar Reflectivity, MEAN RADIAL VELOCITY | |
| Derivation of aerosol profiles for MC3E convection studies and use in simulations of the 20 May squall line case | Fridlind, Ann M., Li, Xiaowen, Wu, Di, van Lier-Walqui, Marcus, Ackerman, Andrew S., Tao, Wei-Kuo, McFarquhar, Greg M., Wu, Wei, Dong, Xiquan, Wang, Jingyu, Ryzhkov, Alexander, Zhang, Pengfei, Poellot, Michael R., Neumann, Andrea, Tomlinson, Jason M. | Turbulence, Attitude Characteristics, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Dew Point Temperature, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice |