GPM GROUND VALIDATION UND CITATION CLOUD MICROPHYSICS MC3E V1

The GPM Ground Validation UND Citation Cloud Microphysics MC3E dataset was collected during the Midlatitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment (MC3E), which took place in central Oklahoma during the April-June 2011 period. The experiment was a collaborative effort between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission Ground Validation (GV) program. The University of North Dakota (UND) Cessna Citation aircraft, an in-situ platform for the MC3E campaign, carried a suite of instruments for measurements of cloud microphysics, state of the atmosphere parameters, aerosols, three-dimensional winds and turbulence. The Citation flew 15 data missions, which totaled 42.6 flight hours. The data are stored as a separate file for each flight. Raw data files for each cloud instrument are also archived to allow investigators to use their own processing software. Particle size spectra for the imaging probes were processed by NCAR and are archived and distributed as a separate dataset (Particle probes).

GPM 地面验证 UND 引用云微物理 MC3E 数据集是在 2011 年 4 月至 6 月期间于美国俄克拉荷马州中部进行的 中纬度大陆性对流云实验 (MC3E) 中收集的。该实验是美国能源部 (DOE) 大气辐射测量 (ARM) 气候研究设施与国家航空航天局 (NASA) 全球降水测量 (GPM) 任务地面验证 (GV) 计划之间的合作成果。北达科他大学 (UND) 的塞斯纳 Cessna 引用飞机，作为 MC3E 营运的现场平台，携带有用于测量云微物理、大气参数状态、气溶胶、三维风和湍流的仪器组合。Citation 飞机共执行了 15 次数据任务，累计飞行时间为 42.6 小时。数据以每个航次单独的文件形式存储。每个云仪器原始数据文件也进行了归档，以便研究人员使用他们自己的处理软件。成像探针的颗粒尺寸谱由美国国家大气研究中心 (NCAR) 处理，并作为独立的数据集存档和分发（粒子探针）。