Collocated Model Output and Aircraft Observations from the CPEX-CV Campaign – Aerosol Sensitivity Experiments

This dataset includes atmospheric model outputs from three numerical experiments, aircraft observations from NASA’s CPEX-CV (Convective Processes Experiment – Cabo Verde) campaign, and collated datasets of AERONET and model data used in published analysis. The data support figures in the open-access publication:https://doi.org/10.3390/eesp2025035021 Dataset Contents Fig1.csv A dataset of AERONET and model-derived aerosol optical depth (AOD) values used in Figure 1 of the article Fig2.rar Directory containing model and analysis data used in Figure 2 of the article Fig3.rar Directory containing model and analysis data used in Figure 3 of the article NoAERO_NOSIP-AERO_NoSIP_data/ Model output from the NoAERO–NoSIP and AERO–NoSIP experiments AERO_NOSIP-AERO_SIP_data/ Model output from the AERO–NoSIP and AERO–SIP experiments CPEX_CV_flight_data/ Includes the in situ aircraft observation file: CPEXCV-HALO_DC8_20220915_R1.h5 COMECAP_2025.py, a python code for plotting File Formats Model output: .npz (NumPy compressed arrays) Aircraft observations: .h5 (HDF5) Collated figure data: .csv Model File Structure Model files within NoAERO_NOSIP-AERO_NoSIP_data and AERO_NOSIP-AERO_SIP_data follow the format: data_dd-mm-yyyy.npz, with the date referring to the date of flight.Each file includes variables from two simulation experiments using suffixes: col1: First experiment in the pair col2: Second experiment in the pair Included Variables lat, lon, alt, time: Position and time dust: Total dust concentration (μg/m³) cloud, rain, ice, snow, graupel: Mixing ratios of hydrometeors (g/kg)