Value-Added Products (VAPs)
Many of the scientific needs of the ARM Program are met through the analysis and processing of existing data products into "value-added" products, or VAPs. Despite extensive instrumentation deployed at the ACRF sites, there will always be quantities of interest that are either impractical or impossible to measure directly or routinely. Physical models using ACRF instrument data as inputs are implemented as VAPs and can help fill some of the unmet measurement needs of the ARM Program or improve the quality of existing measurements. In addition, when more than one measurement is available, ACRF also produces "best estimate" VAPs.
All VAPs produce c1 level output files while newer VAPs, which have been updated to the ARM quality control standards, produce both c1 and s1 output files (see ARM file naming conventions). The s1 files are summary files that contain a subset of the c1 file variables (generally the primary variables), have simplified quality control flags, and have known 'bad' values set to missing data. When available, s1 files are the recommended file for the general user.
| VAP | Full Name | Site(s) | Start | End |
|---|
| aerinf | AERI Noise Filtered | NSA, SGP, TWP | 2004.01.12 | 2010.08.27 |
| aeriprof | AERI Profiles of Water Vapor and Temperature | SGP | 1996.06.14 | 2010.08.26 |
| aip | Aerosol Intensive Properties | SGP | 1996.07.02 | 2008.09.29 |
| aod | Aerosol Optical Depth, derived from MFRSR/NIMFR | NSA, SGP, TWP | 1997.02.08 | 2010.07.28 |
| arscl | Active Remotely-Sensed Cloud Locations | NSA, SGP, TWP | 1996.11.07 | 2010.02.28 |
| baebbr | Best-Estimate Fluxes From EBBR Measurements and Bulk Aerodynamics Calculations | SGP | 1993.07.04 | 2010.06.30 |
| beflux | Best-Estimate Radiative Flux | SGP | 1995.05.19 | 2010.08.29 |
| diffcor | Correction of Diffuse Shortwave Measurements | NSA, SGP, TWP | 1993.09.01 | 2001.06.19 |
| lbl | Line-By-Line Radiative Transfer Model | SGP | 1993.12.08 | 2005.01.08 |
| lssonde | Microwave Radiometer-Scaled Sonde Profiles | SGP | 1994.04.11 | 2010.08.29 |
| mfrsrcldod | Cloud Optical Properties from MFRSR Using Min Algorithm | SGP | 2004.12.21 | 2010.05.29 |
| mplavg | MPL: data averaged to fixed 30 second interval, e.g. for polarized data | FKB, GRW, HFE, NSA, SGP, TWP | 2006.06.23 | 2010.08.29 |
| mplcbh | Cloud Base Height from MPL Using Scott-Spinhirne Algorithm | SGP, TWP | 1994.04.10 | 2001.03.10 |
| mplmask | MPL: masks for 'cloud' or 'significance' using the first Clothiaux, et al algori | NSA, SGP, TWP | 1996.11.07 | 2010.02.28 |
| mplnor | Normalized Backscatter Profiles from the Micropulse Lidar | SGP, TWP | 1996.05.01 | 2004.05.11 |
| mwravg | Microwave Radiometer Averages in 1- and 5-Minute Increments | NSA, SGP, TWP | 1993.10.09 | 2007.06.04 |
| mwrret | MWR Retrievals | NSA, SGP, TWP | 1996.09.01 | 2010.04.09 |
| qcrad | Data Quality Assessment for ARM Radiation Data | FKB, HFE, NIM, NSA, PYE, SGP, TWP | 1993.09.01 | 2010.08.29 |
| qmeaerilbl | Comparison of Statistics or Clouds data from AERI vs. LBLRTM Model runs | NSA, SGP, TWP | 1993.12.08 | 2007.06.06 |
| qmelwflux | Comparison of Longwave Flux Data from AERI and LBLRTM vs. pyrgeometer | SGP | 2001.04.02 | 2003.04.16 |
| qmemwrcol | Comparison of Water in the Column from MWR vs. Instrument Model | NSA, SGP, TWP | 1993.10.11 | 2004.07.05 |
| rlprof | Raman LIDAR Vertical Profiles | SGP | 1998.03.01 | 2010.06.30 |
| rwptemp | RWP-Based Virtual Temperature Profile | SGP | 1995.12.15 | 2006.05.14 |
| sfccldgrid | Surface Cloud Grid | SGP | 1997.01.01 | 2009.10.31 |
| sondewndcalc | Calculated Winds from the BBSS | SGP | 1994.10.01 | 2001.01.03 |
| swfluxanal | Shortwave Flux Analysis | NSA, SGP, TWP | 1993.09.01 | 2010.04.30 |
| twrmr | Tower Water-Vapor Mixing Ratio | SGP | 1996.09.10 | 2010.08.29 |
| wsicloud | Whole Sky Imager Cloud Products | NSA, SGP, TWP | 1995.09.20 | 2004.01.12 |
| Product Name | PI | Site(s) | Start | End |
|---|
| Aerosol Best Estimate | Flynn, Connor | NSA, SGP | [ N/A ] | [ N/A ] |
| ISCCP Cloud Data Around the ARM Sites | Hnilo, Justin | FKB, NIM, NSA, PYE, SGP, TWP | 1992.01.01 | 2006.06.30 |
| Merged Sounding VAP | Jensen, Michael | NIM, NSA, PYE, SGP, TWP | 2000.01.01 | 2007.07.31 |
| Cloud Microbase Profiles-Instantaneous (PI) VAP | Jensen, Michael | NSA, SGP, TWP | 1998.04.01 | 2009.07.30 |
| WACR-ARSCL VAP | Jensen, Michael | FKB, HFE, NIM | [ N/A ] | [ N/A ] |
| CCPP-ARM Parameterization Testbed Model Forecast Data | Klein, Stephen | SGP | [ N/A ] | [ N/A ] |
| Surface Spectral Albedo | McFarlane, Sally | SGP | 2003.12.13 | 2009.08.31 |
| Broadband Heating Rate Profile Project (BBHRP) | Mlawer, Eli | SGP | 2000.03.01 | 2006.02.28 |
| MWR Retrievals of Cloud Liquid Water and Water Vapor | Turner, David | NIM, PYE | 2005.02.15 | 2007.01.07 |
| MPL-NOR | Flynn, Connor | SGP | 1999.05.19 | 2004.05.14 |
| 1.6 Micron MFRSR | Michalsky, Joseph | SGP | [ N/A ] | [ N/A ] |
| Niamey Aerosol Optical Depths | Flynn, Connor | NIM | [ N/A ] | [ N/A ] |
| Niamey Dust Observations | Flynn, Connor | NIM | [ N/A ] | [ N/A ] |
| Cloud Classification VAP | Comstock, Jennifer | SGP | 1999.01.01 | 2001.12.31 |
| Micro-ARSCL | Jensen, Michael | SGP | 2007.05.01 | 2007.06.01 |
| CMWG Data - SCM-Forcing Data, Cloud Microphysical Properties and Radiative Heating Profiles | Xie, Shaocheng | NSA, SGP, TWP | [ N/A ] | [ N/A ] |
| Barrow Radiation Data (2009 metric) | McFarlane, Sally | NSA | 2008.01.01 | 2008.12.31 |
| MicroPulse LIDAR Cloud Optical Depth (MPLCOD) | Comstock, Jennifer | SGP | 1999.05.01 | 2004.05.14 |
| AERI Data Quality Metric (AERI-QC) | Turner, David | SGP | [ N/A ] | [ N/A ] |
| QCRad Product for Azores (GRW) Deployment | McFarlane, Sally | | 2009.05.01 | 2010.04.30 |
| VAP | Full Name | Site(s) | Start | End |
|---|
| abrfc | Arkansas-Red Basin River Forecast Center | SGP | 1994.06.24 | 2010.08.25 |
| goeswater | Water Profiles from GOES Satellite Data | SGP | 1999.01.01 | 2006.06.27 |
| issrwp | 915RWP Derived Data with Sonde at Altitude | TWP | 1997.01.01 | 2001.01.24 |
| lbtm-minnis | Minnis Cloud Products Using LBTM Algorithm | SGP, TWP | 1994.04.05 | 2003.08.31 |
| ssmi | Special Sensor Microwave/Imager | GEC | 1990.01.01 | 2009.12.31 |
| suomigps | SuomiNet Global Positioning System | GEC, SGP | 1970.01.01 | 2010.08.27 |
| tdmadap | Aerosol Properties derived from TDMA Measurements | SGP | 2005.10.07 | 2009.05.31 |
| visst | Minnis Cloud Products Using Visst Algorithm | NSA, SGP, TWP | 1998.05.01 | 2010.07.31 |
| wpdngps | Wind Profiler Demonstration Network GPS | SGP | 1996.01.01 | 2010.08.28 |
