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VOCALS: NOAA R/V Ron Brown Liquid Water Path Data

Summary

This dataset contains Liquid Water Path data collected on board the NOAA R/V Ron Brown during the VAMOS Ocean-Cloud Atmosphere-Land Study (VOCALS) campaign. The radiometer for the VOCALS cruise was provided on loan from Dr. Peter Minnett, University of Miami. The data are provided at 30-second and 10-minute resolution in NetCDF format.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/WFHS-GTXB-VA01
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2011-04-21)
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Related projects	VOCALS: VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	10 minute
Language	English
Categories	Ship Upper Air
Platforms	R/V Ronald H. Brown Ships
Instruments	MWR - Microwave Radiometer
GCMD Science Keywords	CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE RAIN WATER PATH Expand keywords
Documentation	eol_rhblwp_readme.pdf [80 KiB]
Related links	info: Ship-based liquid water path estimates in marine stratocumulus info: VOCALS Data Policy homepage: VOCALS Homepage info: VOCALS Missions info: VOCALS Project Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2008-10-22 00:00:00
End datetime	2008-12-01 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: -10.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: -40.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -108.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -72.00

Primary point of contact information

Paquita Zuidema <pzuidema@miami.edu>

Additional contact information

author: Paquita Zuidema <pzuidema@miami.edu>
originator: Paquita Zuidema <pzuidema@miami.edu>

Citation

Zuidema, P. 2011. VOCALS: NOAA R/V Ron Brown Liquid Water Path Data. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.26023/WFHS-GTXB-VA01. Accessed 10 Feb 2026.

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