It has been hypothesized that continuous ground-based remote sensing measurements
from collocated active and passive remote sensors combined with regular soundings of the
atmospheric thermodynamic structure can be combined to describe the effects of clouds on
the clear sky radiation fluxes. We critically test that hypothesis in this paper and...
The Clouds, Aerosol, and Precipitation in the Marine Boundary Layer (CAP-MBL) deployment at Graciosa Island in the Azores generated a 21-month (April 2009–December 2010) comprehensive dataset documenting clouds, aerosols, and precipitation using the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program (ARM) Mobile Facility (AMF). The scientific aim of the deployment is to gain...