GPM GROUND VALIDATION NCAR CLOUD MICROPHYSICS PARTICLE PROBES MC3E

The GPM Ground Validation NCAR Cloud Microphysics Particle Probes 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 overarching goal was to provide the most complete characterization of convective cloud systems, precipitation, and the environment that has ever been obtained, providing constraints for model cumulus parameterization and space-based rainfall retrieval algorithms over land that had never before been available. The GPM Ground Validation NCAR Cloud Microphysics Particle Probes MC3E dataset was obtained from three instruments carried aboard the University of North Dakota (UND) Cessna Citation aircraft. These probes, the 2D-C, Cloud Imaging Probe (CIP) and High Volume Precipitation Spectrometer (HVPS-3), collected particle size distributions and particle images which were processed by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Data were collected April 22, 2011 through June 2, 2011.

GPM 地面验证 NCAR 云微物理粒子探测 MC3E 数据集，系在2011年4月至6月期间于美国俄克拉荷马州中部进行的副热带大陆性对流云实验（MC3E）中收集。该实验旨在提供迄今为止对对流云系统、降水及其环境的最全面表征，为模型积云参数化及陆地上的基于空间降雨探测算法提供前所未有的约束。GPM 地面验证 NCAR 云微物理粒子探测 MC3E 数据集由搭载于北达科他大学（UND）塞斯纳Citation飞机上的三种仪器获取，包括二维-C（2D-C）、云成像探测仪（Cloud Imaging Probe，CIP）和高量级降水光谱仪（High Volume Precipitation Spectrometer，HVPS-3）。这些探测器收集了粒子尺寸分布和粒子图像，并由国家大气研究中心（NCAR）进行处理。数据收集时间自2011年4月22日至6月2日。