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Low Rate Navigation, State Parameter, and Microphysics Flight-Level Data [NCAR/EOL]

Project:

Marine_Stratus

Summary

This data set includes airborne measurements obtained from the NCAR Research Aviation Facility (RAF) C-130 aircraft (Tail Number: N130AR) during the Marine Stratus Cloud Tops project. This dataset contains low rate navigation, state parameter, and microphysics flight-level data in NetCDF format.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download
download: C-130Q

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D6F47MDT
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2011-05-17)
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Related projects	Marine_Stratus: Marine Stratus Cloud Tops Experiment
Spatial Type	unknown
Frequency	1 second
Language	English
Categories	Aircraft
Platforms	NSF NCAR C-130
Instruments	CNC - Condensation Nuclei Counter Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probe - FSSP GPS Receivers Hygrometers PCASP - Passive Cavity Aerosol Spectrometer Probe PMS King Probe Pyrgeometers
GCMD Science Keywords	ABSOLUTE HUMIDITY AEROSOLS ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS CLOUD DROPLET CONCENTRATION/SIZE CLOUD DROPLET DISTRIBUTION CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE DEICED TEMPERATURE DEW POINT TEMPERATURE DEW POINT TEMPERATURE FLIGHT LEVEL WINDS HORIZONTAL WIND VELOCITY/SPEED LONGWAVE RADIATION PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION RELATIVE HUMIDITY SHORTWAVE RADIATION STATIC PRESSURE TURBULENCE U/V WIND COMPONENTS VAPOR PRESSURE VERTICAL WIND VELOCITY/SPEED VIRTUAL TEMPERATURE WATER VAPOR PROFILES Show 22 more... Expand keywords
Related links	download: C-130Q homepage: MARINE-STRATUS EOL Homepage info: NetCDF Header Dump

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	1994-11-18 17:46:00
End datetime	1994-12-14 20:13:20

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 39.95573, Minimum (South) Latitude: 31.17116
Minimum (West) Longitude: -130.6242, Maximum (East) Longitude: -121.6868

Primary point of contact information

EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>

Additional contact information

author: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>

Citation

NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. 2011. Low Rate Navigation, State Parameter, and Microphysics Flight-Level Data. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6F47MDT. Accessed 16 Jan 2026.

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