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VOCALS

VOCALS. NSF C-130 Data Assessment Report. Resources. Project Documentation: www.eol.ucar.edu (RAF – Field Projects) Allen Schanot: schanot@ucar.edu Data Access: www.eol.ucar.edu (RAF – Data Access) Janine Goldstein: janine@ucar.edu

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VOCALS

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  1. VOCALS NSF C-130 Data Assessment Report

  2. Resources • Project Documentation: www.eol.ucar.edu (RAF – Field Projects) • Allen Schanot: schanot@ucar.edu • Data Access: www.eol.ucar.edu (RAF – Data Access) • Janine Goldstein: janine@ucar.edu • Analysis Tools: www.eol.ucar.edu (RAF – Software) • Chris Webster: cjw@ucar.edu

  3. New Data Releasearchived 6/25/09 • No Changes to state, dynamic or thermodynamic variables • Updated CDP bin sizes & concentration • Updated PCASP bin sizes & concentration • Updated FSSP concentration • Special 2DC processing • Updated O3 & CO concentrations

  4. Position, Ground Speed & Winds • DGPS – most accurate • Unusually noisy signal due to interference • Separate data set • IRS – Schuler oscillation • Novatel GPS – Used as reference • Winds – • Use GPS corrected (WSC, WDC, etc) • IRS version for comparison (WS, WD, etc)

  5. Reference Altitude (ALTX) • GPS Altitude: variable satellite coverage • Data gaps • Pressure Altitude: non-std lapse rate • Constant surface pressure (1013.15) • DGPS most accurate but noisy this case • Used Radar Altimeter Data as reference • Accuracy decreases with increased altitude

  6. Reference Temperature (ATX) • OPHIR-III: less accurate / slower • In cloud as needed or at exit • Heated Rosemount: less accurate / slower • Used Unheated Rosemount • Minimal wetting in cloud • Fast enough for heat flux calculations

  7. Reference Humidity (PI Choice) • Chilled mirror most accurate • Slow (variable response tied to Td depression) • Overshooting at cloud boundaries • UV Hygrometer used in derived variables • Fast / suitable for moisture flux calculations • Flt-by-flt calibration against chilled mirror sensor • Some residual in flight drift (some unsat. Cloud legs) • Loss of accuracy at high altitude

  8. Surface Temperature (TSURF) • Derived from radiometric measurement RSTB • Adjusted for altitude based on mean PBL humidity • Not valid for cloud top temperatures due to unknown altitude separation. Use RSTB.

  9. CDP Cloud Droplet Data • Optical window heater failure led to mid project change in probe calibration (rf04 / rf06) • Switched to 2 stage bin size calibration • Bin shift checked with flt-by-flt pollen test • Data updated in June release to archive

  10. PCASP Aerosol Data • Collaborated with Univ. of Wyoming on bin sizing and sample flow calibration • Bin 1 data removed from concentration total due to excessive noise. • Data updated in June release to archive

  11. 2DC Precipitation Data

  12. RAF FSSP-100 Cloud Probe Data • Probe modified to reduce droplet shattering • Excessive noise in smallest bins • First bin 6 or 8 in CONCF calculation • Raw data matrixes intact • Probe changed to std model between rf10 & rf11 • Noise reduced to normal • First bin 2 in CONCF calculation

  13. User Supplied Data • Drexel SO2 & DMS – merged • RAF Chemistry (O3 & CO) – updated to final product • CVI – updated to final product • Wyoming CN – updated to final product • Wyoming CCN - products separate in archive • Hawaii CN – preliminary / final products separate in archive • Hawaii non-CN aerosols - products separate in archive • Fast FSSP - products separate in archive • WCR & WCL - products separate in archive • Microwave Radiometer - products separate in archive • RAF GNI – products separate in archive

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