VOCALS Documentation Summary

Project # 2008-116 VOCALS - REx
VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study Regional Experiment
Principal Investigator(s): C. R. Mechoso, Robert Wood
NSF/NCAR C-130Q Hercules (N130AR)
15 October to 15 November 2008

Letter from the Project Manager : Allen Schanot

• Project Description


• Flight Summary Information Matrix - still to come


• Data Download
  • Flight-Level Low-Rate Data (inc. CVI, DMS, O3, PMS-2D, SO2, and TSURF data) - updated 6/30/09
  • Flight-Level High-Rate Data (inc. CVI)
  • Flight-Level raw PMS-2D Data
  • Flight-Level Digital Camera mpeg4 Movie File Catalog
  • Flight-Level Forward-looking Digital Camera jpg Imagery
  • Flight-Level Downward-looking Digital Camera jpg Imagery
  • Cloud Particle Imager (CPI) [NCAR/RAF]
  • Small Ice Detector Version 2 (SID-2H) [Rogers, NCAR/RAF]


• Data Logs
  • Raw Aircraft (ADS) Data Summary
  • CISL Mass Store System Bitfile List (RAF path)
  • CISL Mass Store System Bitfile List (ATD path)
  • Output Data File Measurement Lists
    • Categorized RAF Variable List
    • Low-Rate Variable List from Production netCDF File
    • High-Rate Variable List from Production netCDF File


• Output Data Format
  • Example Production Output netCDF File Header (Low Rate)
  • Example Production Output netCDF File Header (High Rate)
  • netCDF Information


• Reports
  • Project Managers' Data Quality Report
    • Section I: General Discussion
    • Section II: Flight-by-Flight Summary
    • Section III: Updates
  • 2D Processing Changes June 2009
  • Movie
  • Flight Hour Summary
  • Research Flight Reports
  • Project Participants
  • Mission Results and Education Opportunities
  • Field Operations Reports and Information
    (e.g., satellite images, scientist preliminary reports and data)
  • 2^nd VOCALS Science Meeting
     - 12-14 July 2009: University of Washington, Seattle WA
  • VOCALS C-130 Data Assessment Report
  • VOCALS C-130 Extra Notes on Data Presentation


• Research Instrumentation
  • RAF-Supplied Instrumentation
    Aircraft Instrumentation List
  • Summary of Instrument Calibration Factors
  • Inertial Reference Unit Performance Summary
    
  • Testing of the NCAR PCASP for VOCALS
  • Aircraft Configuration
  • front view external
  • floor plan, cabin layout
  • ADS III Channel Setup
• Project Photos:
  
  • Arica
  • Altiplano
  
  
• Email List Information
  (the "home base" to subscribe/view/change your membership and to view archived email postings)
• RAF Bulletins
  • RAF Bulletin No. 9 Standard Output Data Products
  • RAF Bulletin No. 23 Measurement Techniques: Air Motion Sensing
  • RAF Bulletin No. 24 Airborne Measurements for Cloud Microphysics
  • RAF Bulletin No. 25 Passive Broadband and Spectral Radiometric Measurements Available on NCAR/NSF Research Aircraft
• Project Support Information
  • RAF Software Product Guide