twp30smplcmask1zwangC2.c1

Name: MPL: 30-second cloud mask using the first Z. Wang, et al algorithm at Central Facility, Nauru Island - twp30smplcmask1zwangC2.c1
Published: 1998-11-19

Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility. 1998, updated hourly. Cloud mask from Micropulse Lidar (30SMPLCMASK1ZWANG). 1998-11-19 to 2009-02-13, Tropical Western Pacific (TWP) Central Facility, Nauru Island (C2). Compiled by C. Sivaraman, D. Flynn, L. Riihimaki and J. Comstock. ARM Data Center. Data set accessed  at http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1508389.

doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1027736

30smplcmask1zwang

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MPL: 30-second cloud mask using the first Z. Wang, et al algorithm (30smplcmask1zwang)

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Measurements

Total attenuated backscatter
Lowest cloud base height above ground level (AGL)
Cloud mask
Highest cloud top height above ground level (AGL)
Linear depolarization ratio

Location

Tropical Western Pacific

Latitude: -0.521
Longitude: 166.916
Publication Date: 1998-11-19
Start Date: 1998-11-19
End Date: 2009-02-13
Last Updated: 2014-08-12

Instrument Mentor

https://www.arm.gov/connect-with-arm/organization/instrument-mentors/list#mplcmask

Chitra Sivaraman

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Damao Zhang

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Laura Riihimaki

CIRES | NOAA ESRL GML

DOI / Citation

http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1027736
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility. 1998, updated hourly. Cloud mask from Micropulse Lidar (30SMPLCMASK1ZWANG). 1998-11-19 to 2009-02-13, Tropical Western Pacific (TWP) Central Facility, Nauru Island (C2). Compiled by C. Sivaraman, D. Flynn, L. Riihimaki and J. Comstock. ARM Data Center. Data set accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1508389.