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Valdivia
R/V Valdivia

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NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory passes Antarctica's tallest peak, Mount Vinson, on Oct. 22, 2012, during a flight over the continent to measure changes in the massive ice sheet and sea ice. Credit: NASA/Michael Studinger (Photography courtesy NASA Images)

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Overview

The R/V Valdivia was an oceanographic research vessel built by AG “Wesser” Werk Seeback in Bremerhaven and operated by the Institut für Meereskunde der Universität Hamburg. It was equipped with water-level recorders to map and measure temperature and salinity at various depths. It was used during NASA’s First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) - Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) campaign to collect measurements of cloud properties near the Azores Islands.

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First International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

Central and Midwest United States, California Coast, Northwest Africa, Alaska

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· 131 Data Products

Ceilometer (Ceilometer)

Generic-Radiometers (Gen-Radiometers)

Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment

Azores and Madeira islands

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Ceilometer (Ceilometer)

Generic-Radiometers (Gen-Radiometers)

Data Products

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First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) PSU Valdivia Ceilometer Data10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0045

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

InstrumentsCeilometer

FormatsASCII