2DC and 2DP Size Distribution Data
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/227.005

Summary
This dataset consists of cloud particle size distributions from two
wing-mounted instruments installed on the NCAR C-130 aircraft during Marine
Stratus Cloud Tops Experiment: the PMS Two-Dimensional Cloud probe (2D-C), and
the PMS Two-Dimensional Precipitation probe (2D-P). The raw data were
reprocessed in 2025 using the NCAR/MMM SODA-1 data processing software.

This is reprocessed data extracted in 2025

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 227.005

Versions
  1.0

Citation
 Bansemer, A. 2025. Marine_Stratus: 2DC and 2DP Size Distribution Data.
 Version 1.0. NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/227.005 Accessed 30 Jul 2025.

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Acknowledgement
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please acknowledge NSF NCAR EOL in your publications with text such as:

  Data provided by NCAR EOL under the sponsorship of
  the National Science Foundation.
  https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

Related projects
 * Marine_Stratus: Marine Stratus Cloud Tops Experiment
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/Marine_Stratus

Additional information
 * Spatial Type: raster
 * Frequency: 5 second
 * Language: English

Categories
 * Aircraft

Platforms
 * NSF NCAR C-130

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD TYPES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS > CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS > CLOUD DROPLET CONCENTRATION/SIZE

Documentation
 * README_Microphysics_reprocessing.pdf [338 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/55A2CA7AA4367/README_Microphysics_reprocessing.pdf

Related links
 * companion: 227.002: PMS-2D Two-dimensional Cloud Probe data [NCAR/EOL]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/227.002

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 1994-08-01 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 1994-12-14 22:13:40 

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

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1

Additional contact information
 * author: Aaron Bansemer <bansemer@ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2375
 * pointOfContact: NSF/NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/3636

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/227.005?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/227.005?format=isotc211