Mid-latitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment
Global Water & Energy Cycle, Weather
- 1
- Deployment
2011-04-22 2011-06-06 - 5
- Platforms
- 34
- Data Products
The Campaign
The Mid-latitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment (MC3E) was a collaborative effort between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission Ground Validation (GV) program and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility. The purpose was to provide a three-dimensional characterization of convective clouds and precipitation to improve the representation of convective lifecycle in atmospheric models and the reliability of satellite-based retrievals of precipitation. MC3E consisted of 1 deployment across central Oklahoma and southern Plains during April–June 2011. The NASA ER-2 collected remotely sensed measurements of cloud and precipitation properties while the University of North Dakota Citation aircraft collected in situ measurements. Ground-based observations were collected through ARM observation stations and the NEXRAD radar network.
N: 43°N
S: 28°N
W: 121°W
E: 91°W
Additional Notes
MC3E is one of several campaigns operated under the Ground Validation activities for the GPM satellite.
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