Documentation on NIWA CCN data Event: ACE-1 intensive Record date: 20-Nov-1995 to 3-Jan-1996 Instrument: DH Associates Model M1 CCN monitor modified by NIWA for supersaturation control Site: Macquarie Island Clean Air Laboratory Operator: Georgina Sturrock Contact Person: Mike Harvey - m.harvey@niwa.cri.nz Organisation: National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), P.O. BOX 14-901, Kilbirnie, Wellington, New Zealand. Sponsor: N.Z. Foundation for Research Science and Technology (FRST) Datafile: NIWACCN.CSV (comma separated PC ASCII file) Data Fields: Field Description Units 1 Year Integer 2 Julian day Integer 3 Time HHMM Integer 4 Julian day Real, precision 2 5 Hour Real, precision 2 6 Chamber supersaturation % 7 Event log Integer 8 CCN number per tenth cm^3 9 CCN number per cm^3 10 Active Pixels Integer Data Description: Field 7 - event log Events coded as 0 no event 1 supersaturation spectra run 2 chamber thermocouple problems 3 some data missing in full record (for full record (additional fields) contact m.harvey 4 calibration run 5 polluted air 6 error value on serial interface > 100 (diagnostic value only) Events recorded with lowest non-zero value taking precedence. Field 10 - Active pixels Number of pixels available to CCD camera for recording CCN. Max = 1024. A small number usually indicates that the field of view is blocked by a water drop hanging from the chamber roof. MJH 7-Jun-96