NSF/NCAR C-130 CCN Spectra Data
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/87.051

Summary
Measurements of CCN concentrations at various supersaturations. Measurements
were taken by the DRI CCN spectroradiometer that was onboard the NSF/NCAR
C-130 aircraft for the RICO campaign that took place in the Eastern Atlantic
and Western Caribbean region.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 87.051
 * doi:10.26023/XYYC-D2N8-P20P
   https://doi.org/10.26023/XYYC-D2N8-P20P

Versions
  1.0
  2.0: Provides more detailed CCN concentration data for specific time periods
that are used in a manuscript.

Citation
 Hudson, J., Desert Research Institute. 2022. RICO: NSF/NCAR C-130 CCN Spectra
 Data. Version 2.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://doi.org/10.26023/XYYC-D2N8-P20P Accessed 16 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
 * RICO: Rain in Cumulus Over the Ocean
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/RICO

Additional information
 * Spatial Type: point
 * Frequency: 30 minute
 * Language: English

Categories
 * Aircraft
 * Chemistry

Platforms
 * NSF/NCAR C-130

Instruments
 * Optical Particle Counter - OPC
 * Spectrometers

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS > PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > AEROSOL PARTICLE PROPERTIES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS > CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > AEROSOL PARTICLE PROPERTIES > AEROSOL CONCENTRATION

Documentation
 * README_RICO_CCN_V2.pdf [80 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/417235B3A052/README_RICO_CCN_V2.pdf

Related links
 * info: RICO Missions
   http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/rico/catalog/missions.html
 * homepage: RICO Homepage
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/rico
 * info: RICO Data Policy
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/rico-data-policy

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2004-12-07 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2005-01-23 23:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 21.00
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 15.00
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -72.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -57.00

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: James G. Hudson <hudson@dri.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/155

Additional contact information
 * author: James G. Hudson <hudson@dri.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/155
 * originator: Desert Research Institute
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/523

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/87.051?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/87.051?format=isotc211