Measurement : Cloud liquid water

The concentration (mass/vol) of liquid water droplets in a cloud.

Categories
Atmospheric State, Cloud Properties

Instruments

The above measurement is considered scientifically relevant for the following instruments. Refer to the datastream (netcdf) file headers of each instrument for a list of all available measurements, including those recorded for diagnostic or quality assurance purposes.

  • ARM Instruments
    • MWR : Microwave Radiometer
    • MWRP : Microwave Radiometer Profiler
  • External Instruments
    • ETA : Eta Model Runs
    • ECMWFDIAG : European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts Diagnostic Analyses
    • ECMWF : European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts Model Data
  • Field Campaign Instruments
    • CESSNA-404-ARA : Airborne Research Australia Cessna 404
    • VARANAL : Constrained Variational Analysis
    • ETA : Eta Model Runs
    • ECMWFDIAG : European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts Diagnostic Analyses
    • ECMWF : European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts Model Data
    • MIRAI : JAMSTEC Research Vessel Mirai
    • MWR-JPL : JPL Microwave Radiometer
    • MWR : Microwave Radiometer
    • MWRP : Microwave Radiometer Profiler
    • MMWR : Millimeter Wave Radiometer
    • CVI : NCAR Counterflow Virtual Impactor
    • NOAA-P3 : NOAA P-3 Aircraft
    • RONBROWN : NOAA Research Vessel Ron Brown
    • CIRPAS : NPS CIRPAS Twin Otter Aircraft
    • PARSL : PNNL's Atmospheric Remote Sensing Laboratory
    • PARTIMG : Particle imager
    • PDI : Phase Doppler Interferometer
    • RLPROF : Raman LIDAR Vertical Profiles
    • CITATION : University of North Dakota Citation Aircraft
    • UW-CONVAIR580 : University of Washington Convair 580 Aircraft

Value-Added Products

  • RLPROF : Raman LIDAR Vertical Profiles (Process)
    • 10RLPROFMR1TURN : Raman LIDAR (RL): water vapor mixing ratio and relative humidity profiles, along with PWV
    • 10RLPROFBE1TURN : Raman LIDAR (RL): Best-estimate state of the atmos. profiles from RL & AERI+GOES retrievals
  • SSMI : Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (Process)
    • SSMI15 : Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I): Satellite 15
    • SSMI14 : Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I): Satellite 14
    • SSMI11 : Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I): Satellite 11
    • SSMI13 : Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I): Satellite 13
    • SSMI10 : Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I): Satellite 10

Datastreams

  • ECMWFDIAG : European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts Diagnostic Analyses Datastreams
    • ECMWFVAR : ECMWF: model met. and cloud variables at altitude, entire coverage, 1-hr avg
    • ECMWFMANVAR : ECMWF: model met. and cloud variables at altitude, Manus, 1-hr avg
    • ECMWFNAUVAR : ECMWF: model met. and cloud variables at altitude, Nauru 1-hr avg
    • ECMWFDARVAR : ECMWF: model met. and cloud variables at altitude, Darwin