Research / Campaigns

RACORO

Routine AAF CLOWD Optical Radiative Observations (RACORO)

22 January 2009 - 30 June 2009

Lead Scientist: Andrew Vogelmann

Observatory: AAF , SGP

The ARM Aerial Facility (AAF) supported the Routine AAF Clouds with Low Optical Water Depths (CLOWD) Optical Radiative Observations (RACORO) field campaign, led by principal investigator Andrew Vogelmann. During this long-term campaign, the AAF conducted routine flights at the ACRF Southern Great Plains site to sample low-altitude liquid-water clouds in the boundary layer. The purpose was to obtain representative statistics of cloud microphysical properties needed to validate retrieval algorithms and support process studies and model simulations of boundary layer clouds and, in particular, CLOWD-type clouds. See the RACORO Data Guide for a summary of contacts, aircraft instrumentation, instrument status per flight, and flight patterns used.

Steering Committee: Andrew Vogelmann, Greg McFarquhar, John Ogren, Dave Turner, Jennifer Comstock, Graham Feingold, and Chuck Long

Browse Data

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Co-Investigators

Jennifer Comstock

Graham Feingold

Chuck Long

Greg McFarquhar

John Ogren

David Turner

Timeline

Campaign Data Sets

IOP Participant	Data Source Name	Final Data
Elisabeth Andrews	Aerosol Optical Properties- Derived	Order Data
Jennifer Comstock	Merged Data	Order Data
Glenn Diskin	Diode Laser Hygrometer	Order Data
Richard Ferrare	Airborne High Spectral Resolution Lidar	Order Data
Hermann Gerber	Cloud Integrating Nephelometer	Order Data
Haflidi Jonsson	Cloud, Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer	Order Data
Haflidi Jonsson	Passive Cavity Aerosol Spectrometer	Order Data
Paul Lawson	2D-S Particle Size	Order Data
Greg McFarquhar	Two-Dimensional Cloud Imaging Probe	Order Data
Roy Woods	Cloud Condensation Nuclei Counter	Order Data