edu.ucar.opensky::technotes:316 UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact 2025-12-26T17:21:26.095051 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7v1246b Summary of NCAR Queen Air Measurements Beneath Cumuli in CCOPE 1983-01-01T00:00:00Z publication https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7v1246b https://doi.org/10.5065/D6V69GJ4 Fankhauser, J. author Barnes, G. author Breed, D. author LeMone, M. author UCAR/NCAR - Library publisher Measurements by two NCAR Queen Airs beneath convective clouds observed during coordinated "early-storm" studies in the Cooperative Convective Precipitation Experiment (CCOPE) are summarized, condensed, and tabulated. Research objectives and operational procedures are reviewed, and a description is given of the type and size of clouds observed. A statement of data quality is followed by an account of the analysis approach used in computing cloud-base height, horizontal dimensions and averages of meteorological variables beneath clouds and beyond their vertical boundaries. Some specific examples of the subcloud measurements are used to introduce a statistical summary of the general physical characteristics near the base of cumuli in southeastern Montana. Tabulations of the specific conditions measured on each of 305 individual subcloud passes are included in an appendix with cloud locator maps and narrative summaries of each Queen Air earlystorm flight mission. UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact PDF Text theme Resource Type 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z publication Cloud properties Cumulus Precipitating convective cloud systems theme U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directory GCMD 2021-09-17 revision 11.2 NASA Global Change Master Directory originator Valids List: Science and Services Keywords Copyright Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. None eng geoscientificInformation