Cloud characteristics, thermodynamic controls and radiative impacts during the Observations and Modeling of the Green Ocean Amazon (GoAmazon2014/5) experiment

Giangrande, Scott E.; Feng, Zhe; Jensen, Michael P.; Comstock, Jennifer M.; Johnson, Karen L.; Toto, Tami; Wang, Meng; Burleyson, Casey; Bharadwaj, Nitin; Mei, Fan; Machado, Luiz A. T.; Manzi, Antonio O.; Xie, Shaocheng; Tang, Shuaiqi; Silva Dias, Maria Assuncao F.; de Souza, Rodrigo A. F; Schumacher, Courtney; Martin, Scot T.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-14519-2017

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06 Dec 2017

Research article |

| 06 Dec 2017

Cloud characteristics, thermodynamic controls and radiative impacts during the Observations and Modeling of the Green Ocean Amazon (GoAmazon2014/5) experiment

Scott E. Giangrande, Zhe Feng, Michael P. Jensen, Jennifer M. Comstock, Karen L. Johnson, Tami Toto, Meng Wang, Casey Burleyson, Nitin Bharadwaj, Fan Mei, Luiz A. T. Machado, Antonio O. Manzi, Shaocheng Xie, Shuaiqi Tang, Maria Assuncao F. Silva Dias, Rodrigo A. F de Souza, Courtney Schumacher, and Scot T. Martin

Data sets

Balloon-Borne Sounding System (SONDE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility Data Archive https://doi.org/10.5439/1025284

SCM-Forcing data from variational analysis (VARANAL) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility Data Archive https://doi.org/10.5439/1273323

W-Band (95 GHz) ARM Cloud Radar (WACR) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility Data Archive https://doi.org/10.5439/1025317

Radar Wind Profiler (1290RWPPRECIPMOM) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility Data Archive https://doi.org/10.5439/1025128

Radiative Flux Analysis (RADFLUX1LONG) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility Data Archive https://doi.org/10.5439/1157585

Aerial Facility (AAF) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility Data Archive https://doi.org/10.5439/1346559

MODIS Aqua Collection 6 product NASA https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MYD06_L2.006

MODIS Terra Collection 6 product NASA https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD06_L2.006

SatCORPS GOES13-derived Cloud and Radiative Property Dataset NASA https://satcorps.larc.nasa. gov/prod/exp/amf_goamazon/visst-pixel-netcdf-ver-4_1/2014

Short summary

The Amazon forest is the largest tropical rain forest on the planet, featuring prolific and diverse cloud conditions. The Observations and Modeling of the Green Ocean Amazon (GoAmazon2014/5) experiment was motivated by demands to gain a better understanding of aerosol and cloud interactions on climate and the global circulation. The routine DOE ARM observations from this 2-year campaign are summarized to help quantify controls on clouds and precipitation over this undersampled region.