Nauru99 Data Sets

R/V RONALD H. BROWN

June 23 - July 17, 1999

Instrument	Comments	% Acquired	% Processed	P.O.C. s
Surface Meteorology	T, p, , V. 0.01s to 10 min. avg. Multiple Locations and Org.s	>95	>90	Hare, Stankov, Perez
Ceilometer	Vaisala, 7.6 km max altitude. 15 s, 15 m resolutions. Not stabilized. Outages June 16 and 17	>90	>95	White, Fairall
Radiosondes	2-8 Daily GPS lock, Sfc problems	>90	>90	Hare, Stankov, Westwater
915 MHz Radar Wind Profiler	0-3, 0-16 km modes. Stabilized Sea clutter in lower gates. 30 s beams, 1 hr winds June 29 outage	>95	>80	White, Fairall
Bulk Surface Fluxes	Heat, Momentum. Moisture, 1-Hr Avg	>95	>90	Hare, Fairall
Surface Radiative Fluxes	Long and Shortwave	>95	>90	Hare, Fairall
Turbulent Surface Fluxes	Heat, Momentum, Moisture, CO2	>50	>75	Hare, Fairall
Sea Surface Temperature	5 cm, 5 m nominal depths	>70, >95	>95	Hare, Fairall
Ka-Band Cloud Radar	35 GHz (8.6 mm), 20 km max alt., Doppler, Zenith, Not Stabilized, Off 4-5 July	>90	>75	Orr
C-Band Weather Radar	6 GHz (5 cm) Doppler, Scanning, Stabilized	>50	<5	Verlinde
S-Band Precipitation Radar	3 GHz (10 cm), 16 km max alt., Zenith, Not Stabilized	>95	>50	Carter
Total Sky Imager	Visual upper hemisphere during day, Cloud fraction, Not Stabilized	>80	>50	Long
Sun Photometer (Stabilized)	7 Channel, 0.4 - 1.0 µm Daylight & Cloud-Free times only	>30	>95	Pavloski
Sun Photometers (Hand-Held)	Microtops, CMDL, various visible s, Daylight and Cloud-Free times only	>25	>90	Smith, Coffman, Post
Radiative Fluxes	ETL, IMET, BNL IR and Vis	>95	>95	Hare, Fairall, Smith, Reynolds
FTIR	500-2000 cm-1, Zenith, Not Stabilized, Affected by Exhaust	>80	<5	Shaw
2-Ch Microwave Radiometer	ETL, Spinning reflector, Tip Cals 20.6, 31.65 GHz Alignment off until July 9 (Data are Recoverable) Not Stabilized, Column water vapor and cloud liquid	>98	>75	Orr
2-Ch Microwave Radiometer	"Mailbox" Version, Turned on July 2, Not Stabilized, Zenith, 23.8, 31.6 GHz	>50	>25	Orr
IR Radiometer	PRT-5, 9.95 - 11.43 µm, 2 FOV, Not Stabilized, Zenith, Affected by Exhaust, Brightness & Cloud Base Temps	>90	>95	Orr
Scanning Microwave Radiometer	60 GHz (5 mm), vertical scan plane, Air-Sea Temp Diff., Temp Profiles in BL, Not Stabilized	>70	<5	Shaw
Scanning IR Radiometer	14 µm, vertical scan plane, Air-Sea Temp. Diff., Temp Profiles in BL, Not Stabilized, first Deployment	>70	<5	Shaw
DABUL Lidar	0.532 µm, Not Stabilized, Zenith, Aerosols and Clouds, Liquid/Ice Transmitter Failure	>30	>25	Newsom
HRDL Lidar	2.1 µm, Doppler, Scanning (PPI, RHI, Vert.), Not Stabilized, Profiles of Aerosols, Clouds, and Radial Wind	>30	>70	Wulfmeyer, Newsom
DIAL Lidar	0.73 µm, Zenith, Not Stabilized, Profiles of Water Vapor, Clouds, & Aerosols	>30	>50	Ertel
Aerosol Physical Properties	In situ, 0.005 - 5.0 µm Size Distributions @ 15 min avg, Number Density @ 1 min avg., Sub- & Super-Micron Mass (12 hr avg)	>90	>90	Quinn
Aerosol Chemical Properties	In situ, Mass Size Distributions of Major Ions up to 10 µm Diameter, 6-12 hr avg	>90	>90	Quinn
Aerosol Optical Properties	In situ, Scattering Coefficient at 450, 550, 700 nm @ 1 min avg., Absorption Coefficient at 550 nm @ 30 min avg.	>90	>90	Quinn
Atmospheric Gases	In situ, Ozone (1 min avg) & Radon (30 min avg.)	>90	>90	Quinn
Seawater Composition	DMS, Chlorophll, nitrate	>90	>90	Quinn
Satellite Receiver	Polar Orbiters, GOES, SeaWiFs, AVHRR, visible & IR, Up to 1-km resolution, Retrieved Products	>75	<5	Stankov, Coffman, Aicher
Rain Gauges	Cumulative, Rate, Various Locations	>95	>50	Hare, White, Fairall
pCO2	Sea Water & Air	>90	>95	Wanninkhof, Hare, Aicher
Chlorophyll	Ocean Samples, Episodic near Nauru	<5	>90	Aicher, Castle
Navigation	Pitch, Roll, Heading, Heave, etc.	>98	>98	Perez, Stankov

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