R/V Ron Brown Merged Microwave Radiometer/Ceilometer - Leg 2
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/72.044

Summary
This dataset contains merged Vaisala CTK-25 ceilometer, DOE/ARM mailbox type
23/31 GHz microwave radiometer, and ETL MMCR 21/31/90 GHz microwave radiometer
data taken aboard the NOAA R/V Ron Brown. During Leg 2 of R/V Ron Brown's
participation in Eastern Pacific Investigation of Climate (EPIC) 2001. Please
see http://www.etl.noaa.gov/programs/2001/epic for more information.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 72.044
 * doi:10.26023/G9D3-1QWK-PW13
   https://doi.org/10.26023/G9D3-1QWK-PW13

Versions
  1.0

Citation
 Fairall, C. 2006. R/V Ron Brown Merged Microwave Radiometer/Ceilometer - Leg
 2. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://doi.org/10.26023/G9D3-1QWK-PW13 Accessed 20 Apr 2024.

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Acknowledgement
In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements,
please acknowledge 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
 * EPIC: Eastern Pacific Investigation of Climate
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/EPIC

Additional information
 * Spatial Type: point
 * Frequency: daily
 * Language: English

Categories
 * Ship
 * Upper Air

Platforms
 * R/V Ronald H. Brown
 * Ships

Instruments
 * Ceilometers
 * MWR - Microwave Radiometer

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS > CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > WATER VAPOR
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD BASE HEIGHT
 * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > MICROWAVE > BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD FRACTION

Documentation
 * microceilo_readme.txt [1 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41171609/microceilo_readme.txt

Related links
 * homepage: EOL EPIC website
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/epic
 * info: EPIC Data Policy
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/epic-2001-data-policy
 * info: NOAA Project Page
   https://psl.noaa.gov/psd3/air-sea/epic/
 * info: EPIC Missions
   http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/epic/catalog/missions/

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2001-10-08 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2001-10-24 23:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 0.00
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: -20.00
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -96.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -70.00

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: Christopher W. Fairall <Chris.Fairall@noaa.gov>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/170

Additional contact information
 * author: Christopher W. Fairall <Chris.Fairall@noaa.gov>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/170
 * principalInvestigator: Christopher W. Fairall <Chris.Fairall@noaa.gov>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/170

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/72.044?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/72.044?format=isotc211