Protocols
11 protocols
EDR from Doppler radar
Novel framework using collocated slanted W-band and vertical Ka-band radars to isolate microphysical processes within turbulent layers by comparing radar observations above and below the turbulent lay...
Multi-dataset precipitation comparison and validation
Systematic comparison of modeled precipitation against station observations and multiple gridded datasets using percent error calculations and spatial pattern analysis. Includes seasonal decomposition...
CCNC supersaturation interpolation
Three-step process to harmonize cloud condensation nuclei measurements across different instrument supersaturation settings using polynomial interpolation to standard values.
Empirical Orthogonal Function Analysis
EOF analysis applied to temperature deviations from 600 hPa free-air temperature to identify dominant spatial patterns of surface temperature variability. Uses singular value decomposition to extract ...
Weather station temperature deviation analysis
Collection and analysis of daily temperature data to calculate deviations from long-term averages. Multi-year averages are computed and compared to daily values to quantify temperature anomalies.
Bilinear and conservative interpolation regridding
Uses xESMF package to interpolate different UAS measurements to a common rectilinear grid, with bilinear interpolation for soil moisture and conservative interpolation for other variables.
Data quality control
Data cleaning procedures including interpolation of missing values and setting snow depths to zero after depletion date.
Laboratory lamp calibrations
Instrument responsivity calibrations performed using laboratory lamp calibrations for the MFRSR and in-field side-by-side calibration for the MFR.
Petrophysical relationship analysis
Derivation of hydraulic permeability and porosity from ERT data through petrophysical relationships for model parameterization.
Satellite SST Composite Gridding
Composite gridded-image derived from 8-km resolution SST observations collected by AVHRR and HIRS instruments onboard NOAA and Metop-A satellites, generated every 48 hours for North America at 14 km r...
Secondary quality control
Marine scientists assign flags to data sets and WOCE flags of 2 (good), 3 (questionable) or 4 (bad) to individual fCO2 values during secondary quality control.