A Multi-Year Data Set on Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation-Meteorology Interactions for Marine Stratocumulus Clouds

Luz T. Padró, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Lindsay C. Maudlin, Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University
Gouri Prabhakar, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of California-Davis
Jack J. Lin, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
Andrew R. Metcalf, Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Clemson University
Richard C. Flagan, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Patrick Y. Chuang, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California-Santa Cruz
Hossein Dadashazar, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona
Matthew M. Coggon, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Arnaldo Negrón Marty, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Scott P. Hersey, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
Natasha Hodas, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Kelvin H. Bates, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology
Jill S. Craven, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Taylor Shingler, Universities Space Research Association
Ewan Crosbie, Chemistry and Dynamics Branch, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley Research Center
John H. Seinfeld, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Alexander B. Macdonald, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona
Armin Sorooshian, Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona
Tracey A. Rissman, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Zhen Wang, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona
Haflidi H. Jonsson, Naval Postgraduate School
Varuntida Varutbangkul, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Athanasios Nenes, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
Roy K. Woods, Naval Postgraduate School
Shane M. Murphy, Department of Atmospheric Science, University of Wyoming

Description

Airborne data of meteorology, aerosol, and cloud properties that have been harmonized from seven field campaigns during July-August periods between 2005 and 2018 off the California coast. A consistent set of instruments were deployed on the Center for Interdisciplinary Remotely-Piloted Aircraft Studies Twin Otter for 129 flight days, amounting to 588 total flight hours. A unique aspect of the compiled data set is detailed measurements of aerosol microphysical properties (size distribution, composition, bioaerosol detection, hygroscopicity), cloud drop size distributions across a broad diameter range, different sampling inlets to distinguish between clear air aerosol and droplet residual particles in cloud, and cloud water composition. The data set is suitable for studies associated with aerosol-cloud-precipitation-meteorology-radiation interactions, especially owing to sharp aerosol perturbations from ship traffic and biomass burning. The data set can be used for model initialization and synergistic application with meteorological models and remote sensing data to improve understanding of the very interactions that comprise the largest uncertainty in the effect of anthropogenic emissions on radiative forcing.

Publication Date

1-1-2019

Publisher

figshare Academic Research System

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5099983.v8

Document Type

Data Set

Identifier

10.6084/m9.figshare.5099983.v8

Embargo Date

1-1-2019

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