20 January 2009, Long
RACORO
Routine AAF CLOWD Optical Radiative Observations (RACORO)
22 January 2009 - 30 June 2009
Lead Scientist: Andrew Vogelmann
Observatory: aaf, sgp
The ARM Aerial Facility (AAF) supported the Routine AAF Clouds with Low Optical Water Depths (CLOWD) Optical Radiative Observations (RACORO) field campaign, led by principal investigator Andrew Vogelmann. During this long-term campaign, the AAF conducted routine flights at the ACRF Southern Great Plains site to sample low-altitude liquid-water clouds in the boundary layer. The purpose was to obtain representative statistics of cloud microphysical properties needed to validate retrieval algorithms and support process studies and model simulations of boundary layer clouds and, in particular, CLOWD-type clouds. See the RACORO Data Guide for a summary of contacts, aircraft instrumentation, instrument status per flight, and flight patterns used.
Steering Committee: Andrew Vogelmann, Greg McFarquhar, John Ogren, Dave Turner, Jennifer Comstock, Graham Feingold, and Chuck Long
Co-Investigators
| Jennifer Comstock |
| Graham Feingold |
| Chuck Long |
| Greg McFarquhar |
| John Ogren |
| David Turner |
Timeline
- Child Campaign
Related Publications
2023
Zhang D, A Vogelmann, F Yang, E Luke, P Kollias, Z Wang, P Wu, W Gustafson Jr., F Mei, S Glienke, J Tomlinson, and N Desai. 2023. "Evaluation of four ground-based retrievals of cloud droplet number concentration in marine stratocumulus with aircraft in situ measurements." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 16(23), 10.5194/amt-16-5827-2023.
2022
Alexandrov M, A Marshak, B Cairns, and A Ackerman. 2022. "Markovian Statistical Model of Cloud Optical Thickness. Part I: Theory and Examples." Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 79(12), 10.1175/JAS-D-22-0125.1.
2021
Fridlind A, C Chiu, S Collis, J Comstock, S Giangrande, N Hickmon, M Jensen, M Kumjian, P Muradyan, R Newsom, A Sockol, M Sturm, and A Theisen. 2021. ARM Cloud and Precipitation Measurements and Science Group (CPMSG) Workshop Report. Ed. by Robert Stafford, ARM user facility. DOE/SC-ARM-21-005.
2020
Wei X, P Chan, and Z Kuang. 2020. "Two‐Point Mixing, Buoyancy Sorting, and Updraft Dilution in the RACORO Campaign." Geophysical Research Letters, 47(23), e2020GL090674, 10.1029/2020GL090674.
Drueke S, D Kirshbaum, and P Kollias. 2020. "Environmental sensitivities of shallow-cumulus dilution – Part 1: Selected thermodynamic conditions." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20(21), 10.5194/acp-20-13217-2020.
Bogenschutz P, S Tang, P Caldwell, S Xie, W Lin, and Y Chen. 2020. "The E3SM version 1 single-column model." Geoscientific Model Development, 13(9), 10.5194/gmd-13-4443-2020.
Lu C, Y Liu, S Yum, J Chen, L Zhu, S Gao, Y Yin, X Jia, and Y Wang. 2020. "Reconciling Contrasting Relationships between Relative Dispersion and Volume‐Mean Radius of Cloud Droplet Size Distributions." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125(9), e2019JD031868, 10.1029/2019JD031868.
Gao S, C Lu, Y Liu, F Mei, J Wang, L Zhu, and S Yan. 2020. "Contrasting Scale Dependence of Entrainment‐Mixing Mechanisms in Stratocumulus Clouds." Geophysical Research Letters, 47(9), e2020GL086970, 10.1029/2020GL086970.
Goss HB, KS Dorsey, CB Ireland, MR Wasem, RA Stafford, and R Jundt. 2020. 2019 Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Annual Report. Ed. by Kathryn Dorsey, ARM user facility. DOE/SC-ARM-19-032. 10.2172/1604869.
2019
Liu Y. 2019. "Introduction to the Special Section on Fast Physics in Climate Models: Parameterization, Evaluation, and Observation." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124(15), 10.1029/2019JD030422.
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Campaign Data Sets
| IOP Participant | Data Source Name | Final Data |
|---|---|---|
| Elisabeth Andrews | Aersol Optical Properties- Derived | Order Data |
| Jennifer Comstock | Merged Data | Order Data |
| Owen Cooper | GOES | Order Data |
| Glenn Diskin | Diode Laser Hygrometer | Order Data |
| Richard Ferrare | Airborne High Spectral Resolution Lidar | Order Data |
| Hermann Gerber | Cloud Integrating Nephelometer | Order Data |
| Haflidi Jonsson | CIRPAS Basic Parameters | Order Data |
| Haflidi Jonsson | Cloud and Aerosol Spectrometer (CAS) | Order Data |
| Haflidi Jonsson | Cloud, Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer | Order Data |
| Haflidi Jonsson | FSSP 100 | Order Data |
| Haflidi Jonsson | Passive Cavity Aerosol Spectrometer | Order Data |
| Haflidi Jonsson | Passive Cavity Aerosol Spectrometer | Order Data |
| Paul Lawson | 2D-S Particle Size | Order Data |
| Chuck Long | Tilt Corrected Radiation Files | Order Data |
| Chuck Long | Tilt Corrected Radiation and MFR Calibrated Files | Order Data |
| Greg McFarquhar | Microphysical Cloud Properties-McFarquhar-Zhang | Order Data |
| Greg McFarquhar | Two-Dimensional Cloud Imaging Probe | Order Data |
| Roy Woods | Cloud Condensation Nuclei Counter | Order Data |
| Shaocheng Xie | Cloud Modeling Best Estimate- Cloud and Radiation | Order Data |
| Shaocheng Xie | ncdc-synop-maps | Order Data |