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c3

 

twp - Central Facility, Darwin, Australia

Established
2002-01-01
Removed
2015-01-18
Latitude
12.425° S
Longitude
130.892° E
Altitude
30 meters
Surface Type
Eucalyptus forest, woodlands, rainforest, swamps, heathlands
Instruments
23 (0 active)
Primary Measurement Types
36 (0 active)

The C3 site for ARM’s Tropical Western Pacific (TWP) began operations in 2002 in Darwin, Australia. This site was established in collaboration with the Australian Bureau of Meteorology to support the other two sites.

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Aerial View of TWP Darwin Site

Cloud Skies over TWP Darwin Site

Raman Lidar at TWP Darwin Site

Tropical Anvil-Shaped Cloud Named “Hector”

Instruments deployed at TWP - Central Facility, Darwin, Australia

aeri
Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer
2004-12-08 - 2015-01-05
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ceil
Ceilometer
2002-02-27 - 2014-12-29
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ceilpblht
Boundary-layer height data with CEIL
2013-11-14 - 2015-01-03
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csphot
Sunphotometer
2003-06-23 - 2015-01-05
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disdrometer
Impact Disdrometer
2006-01-11 - 2015-01-05
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dl
Doppler Lidar
2010-12-13 - 2015-01-04
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gndrad
Ground Radiometers on Stand for Upwelling Radiation
2002-03-12 - 2015-01-06
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irt
Infrared Thermometer
2010-08-27 - 2015-01-06
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kasacr
Ka-Band Scanning ARM Cloud Radar
2011-10-15 - 2013-12-17
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kazr
Ka ARM Zenith Radar
2011-01-27 - 2015-01-05
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met
Surface Meteorological Instrumentation
2002-03-12 - 2015-01-06
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mfrsr
Multifilter Rotating Shadowband Radiometer
2002-03-07 - 2015-01-06
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mmcr
Millimeter Wavelength Cloud Radar
2002-03-06 - 2011-02-27
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mpl
Micropulse Lidar
2002-08-08 - 2015-01-06
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mwr
Microwave Radiometer
2002-02-27 - 2015-01-05
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mwr3c
Microwave Radiometer, 3 Channel
2011-12-01 - 2015-01-05
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rain
Rain Gauge
2010-11-30 - 2015-01-05
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skyrad
Sky Radiometers on Stand for Downwelling Radiation
2002-03-12 - 2015-01-06
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sonde
Balloon-Borne Sounding System
2002-04-01 - 2015-01-15
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tsi
Total Sky Imager
2002-07-15 - 2015-01-04
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vdis
Video Disdrometer
2011-02-28 - 2015-01-04
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wsi
Whole Sky Imager
2002-03-06 - 2004-01-10
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xsacr
X-Band Scanning ARM Cloud Radar
2011-09-14 - 2013-07-29
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Primary Measurements collected at twp - Central Facility, Darwin, Australia

Aerosol optical depth
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Aerosol optical properties
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Atmospheric moisture
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Atmospheric pressure
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Atmospheric temperature
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Backscattered radiation
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Cloud base height
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Cloud fraction
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Horizontal wind
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Hydrometeor Geometry
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Hydrometeor Size Distribution
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Hydrometeor fall velocity
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Hydrometeor size
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Lidar Doppler
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Lidar polarization
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Liquid water path
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Longwave broadband downwelling irradiance
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Longwave broadband upwelling irradiance
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Longwave narrowband brightness temperature
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Longwave spectral brightness temperature
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Particle number concentration
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Particle size distribution
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Precipitable water
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Precipitation
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Radar Doppler
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Radar polarization
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Radar reflectivity
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Shortwave broadband diffuse downwelling irradiance
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Shortwave broadband direct normal irradiance
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Shortwave broadband total downwelling irradiance
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Shortwave narrowband diffuse downwelling irradiance
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Shortwave narrowband radiance
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Shortwave narrowband total downwelling irradiance
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Shortwave spectral radiance
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Vertical velocity
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Visibility
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