SPRSCM
The Spring 1998 SCM/Cloud IOP was conducted from 27 April to 17 May 1998 at the ARM SGP site. All objectives outlined in the planning document were addressed to some degree. As is typical of mid-spring in Oklahoma, the meteorology was quite varied ranging from cold rain to severe thunderstorms to clear and hot. The majority of the period was clear, however.
The goals of the IOP included:
- Intensive observations of cirrus clouds with in situ aircraft and surface-based and space-based remote sensors
- Resolution of MMCR calibration uncertainty
- In situ sampling of airborne insects that are causing non-cloud echoes in the MMCR radar data. (Summary of CU Kite-Borne Activities (Insect Studies) (pdf file))
Timeline
Related Publications
2004
Daum PH and Y Liu. 2004. Consideration of dynamical effects on parameterization of cloud radiative properties. In Proceedings of the Fourteenth ARM Science Team Meeting, Richland, WA: U.S. Department of Energy.
Zhang GJ. 2004. Evaluating and improving GCM simulation of convection using ARM observations at the ARM SGP site. In Proceedings of the Fourteenth ARM Science Team Meeting, Richland, WA: U.S. Department of Energy.
2003
Tompkins AM. 2003. "Impact of temperature and humidity variability on cloud cover assessed using aircraft data." Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 129(592), 10.1256/qj.02.190.
2001
Cripe DG and DA Randall. 2001. "Joint variations of temperature and water vapor over the midlatitude continents." Geophysical Research Letters, 28(13), 10.1029/2001gl012909.
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Campaign Data Sets
| IOP Participant | Data Source Name | Final Data |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Cederwall | ncdc-synop-maps | Order Data |