Pennsylvania State University ceilometer data collected during the Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) in June 1992. The dataset is part of the First ISCCP Regional Experiments (FIRE) designed to improve cloud parameterizations for climate models. It was produced by the LARC_ASDC organization and last updated in June 1992.
Use Cases
- Analyzing cloud base height time-series from the ceilometer to study diurnal cycles of marine stratocumulus.
- Validating satellite-derived cloud properties from the ISCCP project using coordinated surface-based ceilometer observations.
- Investigating cloud life cycles and transition events during the ASTEX field campaign using the instrument's vertical profiling data.
- Correlating cloud base measurements with other FIRE mission data, such as airborne and satellite observations, to understand cloud system physics.
Strengths
- Data originates from a coordinated, multi-platform field campaign (FIRE ASTEX) combining satellite, airborne, and surface observations.
- Temporally focused on a key intensive field-observation period from June 1 to June 28, 1992.
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, with no updates since the campaign ended in June 1992.
- Specific data volume, row count, and column details are unknown, limiting pre-analysis assessment.
- Geographic coverage is limited to the specific eastern North Atlantic Ocean region of the ASTEX campaign.
Provenance
- Source
- LARC_ASDC (NASA Langley Research Center Atmospheric Science Data Center).
- Collection Method
- Surface-based ceilometer measurements collected during the coordinated FIRE ASTEX field campaign.
- Time Range
- June 1, 1992 to June 28, 1992.
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Eastern North Atlantic Ocean region.