In-Situ Microphysics from the MPACE IOP

These files were generated by Greg McFarquhar and Gong Zhang at the University of Illinois. Please contact mcfarq@atmos.uiuc.edu or gzhang2@atmos.uiuc.edu for more information or for assistance in interpreting the content of these files. We highly recommend that anyone wishing to use these files do so in a collaborative endeavor and we welcome queries and opportunities for collaboration.

The files give our best estimates of the size distributions of supercooled water droplets and ice crystals for mixed-phase clouds measured during M-PACE for spiral ascents/descents over Barrow and Oliktok Point, and for ramped ascents/descents between Barrow and Oliktok Point. Our best estimates of the bulk microphysical properties such as ice water content (IWC), liquid water content (LWC), effective radius of ice crystals defined following Fu (1996) (rei), effective radius of supercooled water droplets (rew), total ice crystal number concentration (Ni), total water droplet number concentration (Nw) and total condensed water content (CWC), are also provided. The quantities were derived from the FSSP, 1DC, 2DC, HVPS and the CVI. Note HVPS data are only available after 10 Oct 2004 and some procedures have been developed to account for the missing data.

Please read the included readme.pdf file for additional information.

To cite the data, please use the data DOI 10.5439/1171943 or http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1171943
See also DOI Guidance for ARM Facility Datastreams


Contact:
	Dr. Greg McFarquhar
	mcfarq@atmos.uiuc.edu