The MC3E Variational Analysis Forcing Dataset - Version 3
The constrained variational objective analysis approach described in Zhang and Lin (1997) and Zhang et al. (2001) was used to derive the large-scale single-column/cloud resolving model forcing and evaluation data set from the observational data collected during Midlatitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment (MC3E), which was conducted during April to June 2011 near the ARM Southern Great Plains (SGP) site. The analysis data cover the period from 00Z 22 April - 21Z 6 June 2011. The forcing data represent an average over the 3 different analysis domains centered at central facility with a diameter of 300 km (standard SGP forcing domain size), 150 km and 75 km, as shown in Figure 1. This is to support modeling studies on various-scale convective systems.
For more details, please refer to the Technical Report for MC3E.
Reference:
Xie, S., Y. Zhang, S. E. Giangrande, M. P. Jensen, R. McCoy, and M. Zhang (2014), Interactions between Cumulus Convection and Its Environment as Revealed by the MC3E Sounding Array, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2014JD022011, doi:10.1002/2014JD022011.
