Ten Years of Aerosol Effects on Single-Layer Overcast Clouds over the US Southern Great Plains and the China Loess Plateau

Table 1

Description of data used in the study.

	Parameters	Temporal/spatial resolutions	Instruments and models	Manufacturer and/or retrieval algorithm	Period
Aerosol	CN concentration	60 sec	CPC	SGP : TSI model 3010	2000.01–2010.03
	Aerosol optical depth single-scattering albedo	60 sec	MPL	SGP : Sigma Space Corporation, [32] SACOL : NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, [33]	2007.03–2015.06
	Aerosol types	3 hours	MACC	[34]	2007.01–2012.12
	Absorbing aerosol index	Daily	OMI (Aqua)	[35]	2004.10–2017.12
Cloud (ground-based)	Cloud top/base height	10 sec 60 sec	MMCR, ceilometer, MPL MPL ()	SGP : MMCR from NOAA environmental research laboratories, [36] SACOL: [37]	2000.01–2010.032007.03–2015.06
	Cloud optical depth	60 sec	MFRSR () MFRSR ()	Both sites: MFRSR from Campbell Scientific, Inc. SGP: [38] SACOL: [39]	2000.01–2010.03 2007.03–2015.06
	Liquid water path
	Precipitable water	20 sec 60 sec	MWR MWR	Both sites: MWR from radiometrics corporation SGP: [40] SACOL, [27]	2000.01–2010.03 2007.03–2015.06
	Cloud albedo	4 km/30 min	GOES	NB-BB conversion algorithm [41]	2000.01–2010.03
Meteorology	Precipitation	60 sec 60 sec	Rain gauge	SGP : NovaLynx Corp. SACOL : Belfort Instrument Company	2000.01–2010.03 2007.03–2015.06
	Vertical velocity CAPE	1 hour 3 hours	RUC ECMWF	SGP: [6, 7] SACOL: [42]	2000.01–2010.03 2007.03–2015.06