OceanRAIN, a new in-situ shipboard global ocean surface-reference dataset of all water cycle components.

ABSTRACT: OceanRAIN-the Ocean Rainfall And Ice-phase precipitation measurement Network-provides in-situ along-track shipboard data of precipitation, evaporation and the resulting freshwater flux at 1-min resolution over the global oceans from June 2010 to April 2017. More than 6.83 million minutes with 75 parameters from 8 ships cover all routinely measured atmospheric and oceanographic state variables along with those required to derive the turbulent heat fluxes. The precipitation parameter is based on measurements of the optical disdrometer ODM470 specifically designed for all-weather shipboard operations. The rain, snow and mixed-phase precipitation occurrence, intensity and accumulation are derived from particle size distributions. Additionally, microphysical parameters and radar-related paramet

SUBMITTER: Klepp C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6029575 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature