PACE HARP2 Level-3 Global Mapped Cloud Optical Properties, GISS Polarimetric Cloud (GPC) Algorithm - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 3.0

Core geophysical variables in this suite include: - cloud_bow_droplet_effective_radius - Cloud droplet effective radius from Cloud Bow polarimetric retrievals using parametric fitting technique (µm) - cloud_bow_droplet_effective_variance - Cloud droplet effective variance from Cloud Bow polarimetric retrievals using parametric fitting technique (unitless) - cloud_bow_fit_correlation - Parametric fitting correlation for Cloud Bow retrievals of droplet radius and variance (unitless) - cloud_bow_rms - Root-mean-square error for Cloud Bow retrievals of droplet radius and variance (unitless) - cloud_liquid_index - Index measuring the strength of the primary rainbow in polarized reflectances from liquid cloud droplets (unitless) - cloud_rft_mode_fraction_0 - Fractional contribution of droplet mode 1 from Rainbow Fourier Transform retrievals (unitless; range: 0–1) - cloud_rft_mode_fraction_1 - Fractional contribution of droplet mode 1 from Rainbow Fourier Transform retrievals (unitless; 0–1)