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    • Multisensor Advanced Climatology Mean Liquid Water Path L3 Monthly 1 degree X 1 degree V1 (MACLWP_mean) at GES DISC

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    The Multi-Sensor Advanced Climatology of Liquid Water Path (MAC-LWP) data set contains monthly 1.0-degree ocean-only estimates of cloud liquid water path (MACLWP_mean), total water path (MACTWP_mean) which includes both cloud and rain water, and monthly climatologies of cloud liquid water path diurnal cycle amplitudes and phases (MACLWP_diurnal). The MACTWP_mean field can also be used as a quality-control screen for the MACLWP_mean field as discussed in Elsaesser et al. (2017), where uncertainty increases as the ratio of cloud to total water path increases. The MAC-LWP algorithm uses as input the Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) Version 7 0.25 degree-resolution retrieval products (produced using the SSM/I, AMSR-E, TMI, AMSR-2, GMI, SSMIS, and WindSat satellite sensors), and performs a bias correction on all input RSS cloud water path products based on AMSR-E matchups to clear-sky MODIS scenes. The MAC-LWP algorithm ensures that spurious trends and variability in the cloud fields arising from drifting satellite overpass times are mitigated by simultaneously solving for the monthly average cloud and total water paths and monthly-mean diurnal cycles, as discussed in O’Dell et al. (2008). Additional details on the algorithm and data fields can be found in Elsaesser et al. (2017).

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0902.1
    https://doi.org/10.1175/2007JCLI1958.1

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

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    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
    Publisher NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1368521971-GES_DISC
    Data First Published 2017-01-05
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2017-01-05
    Category MEaSUREs, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Citation Gregory Elsaesser, Christopher ODell, Matthew Lebsock, & Joao Teixeira. 2016-01-10. MACLWP_mean. Version 1. Multisensor Advanced Climatology Mean Liquid Water Path L3 Monthly 1 degree x 1 degree V1. Greenbelt, MD, USA. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC). https://doi.org/10.5067/MEASURES/MACLWPM. https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/MACLWP_mean_1.html.
    Creator Gregory Elsaesser, Christopher ODell, Matthew Lebsock, & Joao Teixeira
    Graphic Preview File https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Images/MACLWP_mean_1.png
    Harvest Object Id 64d429d3-a893-4bef-9a13-4885e60f1a9c
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    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/MEASURES/MACLWPM
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial 180.0 -90.0 180.0 90.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0902.1, https://doi.org/10.1175/2007JCLI1958.1
    Release Place Greenbelt, MD, USA
    Series Name MACLWP_mean
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 317b2c3e11482378c613918d801aa9b572e21bafcf293fed996d2ae865619f11
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z/2016-12-31T23:59:59.999Z

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