N: 48.237 S: 33.261 E: -64.987 W: -95.243
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The NCAR Particle Probes IMPACTS dataset consists of data collected from six instruments on the NASA P-3 aircraft, the SPEC Hawkeye Cloud Particle Imager (CPI), the Hawkeye Fast Cloud Droplet Probe (FastCDP), the Hawkeye Two-Dimensional Stereo Probe (Hawkeye2D-S), the SPEC Two-Dimensional Stereo probe (2D-S), and two SPEC High Volume Precipitation Spectrometers (HVPS3). The 2D-S and HVPS3 are two-dimensional optical array probes that record images of particles that travel through their sampling area. The recorded images are then analyzed to produce particle size distributions from 20 microns to 3 centimeters in diameter. The FastCDP is a forward scattering instrument designed to measure the size and concentration of cloud droplets between 2 and 50 microns in diameter. The CPI is a high-resolution imager with a 256-level color depth. No particle concentration estimates have been attempted with the CPI. These data were collected during the Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS) field campaign, a three-year sequence of winter season deployments conducted to study snowstorms over the U.S. Atlantic coast. IMPACTS aimed to (1) Provide observations critical to understanding the mechanisms of snowband formation, organization, and evolution; (2) Examine how the microphysical characteristics and likely growth mechanisms of snow particles vary across snowbands; and (3) Improve snowfall remote sensing interpretation and modeling to advance prediction capabilities significantly. Data files are available in netCDF-4 format, as well as browse imagery available in PNG format, from January 18, 2020, through February 26, 2020, and January 14, 2022 through February 28, 2023.
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| Title | Year Sort ascending | Author | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ambient and intrinsic dependencies of evolving ice-phase particles within a decaying winter storm during IMPACTS | DeLaFrance, Andrew, McMurdie, Lynn A., Rowe, Angela K., Heymsfield, Andrew J. | Atmospheric Pressure Measurements, Wind Speed, Wind Direction, Dew Point Temperature, Geopotential Height, Water Vapor Mixing Ratio Profiles, Relative Humidity, Potential Temperature, Particle Size Distribution, Cloud Microphysics, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Flight Level Winds, Reflectance, Cloud Dynamics, Doppler Velocity, SPECTRUM WIDTH, Radar Cross-Section, Radar Reflectivity, Doppler Velocity, SPECTRUM WIDTH, Atmospheric Temperature Indices, Airspeed/Ground Speed, Attitude Characteristics, Sea Level Pressure, Local Winds, Atmospheric Precipitation Indices, Visibility | |
| Relationship of Snow Microphysics and Precipitation Generation to Vertical Motions in Extratropical Cyclones: Results from IMPACTS | Heymsfield, Andrew, Bansemer, Aaron, Heymsfield, Gerald, DeLaFrance, Andrew, Toohey, Darin, Thornhill, Lee | Cloud Microphysics, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Particle Size Distribution | |
| In-cloud characteristics observed in northeastern and midwestern US non-orographic winter storms with implications for ice particle mass growth and residence time | Allen, Luke R., Yuter, Sandra E., Crowe, Declan M., Miller, Matthew A., Thornhill, K. Lee | Cloud Microphysics, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Particle Size Distribution, Flight Level Winds, Wind Speed, Wind Direction, Relative Humidity, Potential Temperature, Atmospheric Pressure Measurements, Atmospheric Temperature Indices, Airspeed/Ground Speed, Attitude Characteristics, Atmospheric Precipitation Indices, Cloud Dynamics, Radar Reflectivity, Doppler Velocity, Radar Reflectivity, Doppler Velocity, SPECTRUM WIDTH | |
| Simultaneous Observations from In Situ Ground-Based and Airborne Radars at Multiple Frequency Bands Over Winter Storms | Chandrasekar, V., Kim, EunYeol, Biswas, Sounak Kumar, Wolff, David B., McLinden, Matthew, Junyent, Francesc, George, Jim | Cloud Microphysics, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Particle Size Distribution, Cloud Dynamics, Doppler Velocity, SPECTRUM WIDTH, Radar Cross-Section, Radar Reflectivity, Doppler Velocity, SPECTRUM WIDTH, Atmospheric Precipitation Indices, Radar Reflectivity | |
| Simulated particle evolution within a winter storm: contributions of | DeLaFrance, Andrew, McMurdie, Lynn A., Rowe, Angela K., Heymsfield, Andrew J. | Atmospheric Pressure Measurements, Wind Speed, Wind Direction, Dew Point Temperature, Geopotential Height, Water Vapor Mixing Ratio Profiles, Relative Humidity, Potential Temperature, Cloud Microphysics, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Particle Size Distribution, Flight Level Winds, Cloud Dynamics, Doppler Velocity, SPECTRUM WIDTH, Radar Cross-Section, Radar Reflectivity, Doppler Velocity, SPECTRUM WIDTH, Atmospheric Temperature Indices, Sea Level Pressure, Local Winds, Atmospheric Precipitation Indices, Visibility, Visible Radiance, Infrared Radiance | |
| How does riming influence the observed spatial variability of ice water | Maherndl, Nina, Moser, Manuel, Schirmacher, Imke, Bansemer, Aaron, Lucke, Johannes, Voigt, Christiane, Maahn, Maximilian | Cloud Microphysics, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Particle Size Distribution, Cloud Dynamics, Doppler Velocity, SPECTRUM WIDTH, Radar Cross-Section, Radar Reflectivity, Doppler Velocity, SPECTRUM WIDTH, Cloud Droplet Distribution, Water Vapor Indicators, Atmospheric Precipitation Indices, Radar Reflectivity | |
| Evaluation of Physical Microphysical Property Retrieval Algorithms During the 2020 IMPACTS Field Campaign | Nicholls, Stephen D., Heymsfield, Andrew, Heymsfield, Gerald M., Yorks, John E., Bansemer, Aaron, Aubry, Clemantyne, Deng, Min, Delanoe, Julien | Cloud Microphysics, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Particle Size Distribution, Relative Humidity, Potential Temperature, Atmospheric Pressure Measurements, Wind Speed, Atmospheric Temperature Indices, Airspeed/Ground Speed, Attitude Characteristics, Geolocation, Cloud Droplet Distribution, Water Vapor Indicators, Aerosol Backscatter, Lidar Depolarization Ratio, Optical Depth/Thickness, Atmospheric Precipitation Indices, Cloud Dynamics, Radar Reflectivity, Doppler Velocity, Radar Reflectivity, Doppler Velocity, SPECTRUM WIDTH | |
| Electrification Within Wintertime Stratiform Regions Sampled During the 2020/2022 NASA IMPACTS Field Campaign | Harkema, Sebastian S., Carey, Lawrence D., Schultz, Christopher J., Mansell, Edward R., Berndt, Emily B., Fierro, Alexandre O., Matsui, Toshi | Cloud Microphysics, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Particle Size Distribution, Lightning, Radiance, Electric Field | |
| Remote Sensing of Electric Fields Observed Within Winter Precipitation During the 2020 Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic CoastThreatening ... | Schultz, Christopher J., Harkema, Sebastian S., Mach, Douglas M., Bateman, Monte, Lang, Timothy J., Heymsfield, Gerald M., McLinden, Matthew L., Li, Lihua, Poellot, Michael, Sand, Kendra | Cloud Microphysics, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Particle Size Distribution, Relative Humidity, Potential Temperature, Atmospheric Pressure Measurements, Wind Speed, Atmospheric Temperature Indices, Airspeed/Ground Speed, Attitude Characteristics, Lightning, Radiance, Electric Field, Wind Profiles, Temperature Profiles, Geolocation, Cloud Dynamics, Doppler Velocity, Radar Reflectivity |