Liquid water path and integrated water vapor over the tropical Atlantic during NARVAL-South

Products of liquid water path (LWP), rain water path (RWP) and integrated water vapor (IWV, also called precipitable water vapor (PWV)) are retrieved from microwave radiometer observations with auxiliary measurements from backscatter lidar and cloud radar. The nadir measurements were taken by the German High Altitude and Long range research aircraft (HALO) during the Next generation Advanced Remote sensing for VALidation campaign South (NARVAL-South) in December 2013. Products are provided over tropical Atlantic east of Barbados.

This experiment provides column integrated quantities as seen from satellite perspective but with higher spatially resolution (about 1 km footprint) than available from microwave satellites.

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Liquid water path and integrated water vapor over the tropical Atlantic during NARVAL-South
Date (Creation)
2019-01-28
Citation identifier
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Citation identifier
doi:10.26050/WDCC/HALO_measurements_5 / Liquid water path and integrated water vapor over the tropical Atlantic during NARVAL-South
Originator
  University of Cologne - Marek Jacob
http://www.meteo.uni-koeln.de/
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doi:10.26050/WDCC/HALO_measurements_5
Author
  University of Cologne - Marek Jacob
http://www.meteo.uni-koeln.de/
Author
  University of Hamburg - Felix Ament
http://www.uni-hamburg.de
Author
  Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt - Manuel Gutleben
n/a
Author
  University of Hamburg - Heike Konow
http://www.uni-hamburg.de
Author
  University of Cologne - Dr. Mario Mech
http://www.meteo.uni-koeln.de/
Author
  Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt - Martin Wirth
n/a
Author
  University of Cologne - Prof. Dr. Susanne Crewell
http://www.meteo.uni-koeln.de/
Point of contact
  University of Cologne - Marek Jacob
http://www.meteo.uni-koeln.de/
Theme

  • remote sensing
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  • airborne
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  • aircraft
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  • MIRA35 cloud radar
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  • Dropsondes
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  • Radiometers
Language
English

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Begin date
2013-12-10
End date
2013-12-20
 

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  • NetCDF ( network Common Data Format )

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http://doi.org/doi:10.26050/WDCC/HALO_measurements_5
 

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Coverage Description

Attribute description
atmosphere_mass_content_of_cloud_and_rain_liquid_water
Content type
modelResult
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kg/m2

Coverage Description

Attribute description
atmosphere_mass_content_of_cloud_liquid_water
Content type
modelResult
Descriptor

kg/m2

Coverage Description

Attribute description
atmosphere_mass_content_of_rain_liquid_water
Content type
modelResult
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kg/m2

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Attribute description
atmosphere_mass_content_of_water_vapor
Content type
modelResult
Descriptor

kg/m2

Coverage Description

Attribute description
atmosphere_water_vapor_content
Content type
modelResult
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kg/m2

Coverage Description

Attribute description
mass_content_of_water_vapor_in_atmosphere
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modelResult
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kg/m2
 

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Keywords

Dropsondes MIRA35 cloud radar Radiometers airborne aircraft remote sensing

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