Weather forecast models have not been successful in improving the Quantitative Precipitation Forecast during the last 16 years. One reason for this stagnation is the lack of comprehensive, high-quality
The airship Zeppelin NT was stationed from 2007-07-21 to 2007-07-26 at the airport Baden Airpark. In this time period data were recorded during 9 flights including the two transfer flights from and back
In March 2007, the third deployment of the ARM Mobile Facility (AMF) took place in the Black Forest region of Germany, where scientists studied rainfall resulting from atmospheric uplift (convection) in
The following articles dealing with COPS data have been written and published so far. Please note: These articles have been published with free access to public, while the full copyright policies of each
Radar measurements made with the portable DOW xband radars. DOW2 was operational from 19 June until 14 August and DOW3 was operational from 22 July until 14 August. The radar were operated from several
The COPS energy balance and turbulence network intended to measure all components of the surface energy balance including the both turbulent fluxes of sensible and latent heat as well as the long and shortwave
This is a listing of the uploaded and expected data sets of the COPS Campaign. It will be updated in irregular intervals. In case of questions, please contact
The data from the microlight research aircraft D-MIFU (AULI) contain aerosol size distributions and aerosol optical properties as well as radiation parameters like spectral irradiances and photolysis rates.
The soil moisture network comprises all stations where soil moisture and soil temperature were measured during COPS. The stations were operated by different groups and differ partly concerning sensor type,
The aircraft measurements were performed on 26.07.07, 31.07.07 and 01.08.08 to investigate the potential of a passive microwave profiler for the detection of the spatial variability of water vapor in
The aircraft measurements were performed on 23.07.07 and 25.07.08 to investigate the spatial and temporal variability of the chemical composition of the planetary boundary layer in the northern part of
The following articles dealing with COPS data have been published so far. Please note: The full copyright policies of each journal apply. Therefore, the access to these pdf files is restricted to members
Sodars have been located at following places: (location, operating institution; instrument type) Igelsberg (FZK-IMK Karlsruhe, Germany) Bad Rotenfels (FZK-IMK Karlsruhe, Germany; RASS) Achern (University