PACE HARP2 Level-2 Regional Cloud Optical Properties, GISS Polarimetric Cloud (GPC) Algorithm - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 4.0

Core geophysical variables in this suite include: - cloud_droplet_effective_radius / variance - Cloud droplet effective radius and variance (µm, unitless) - cloud_droplet_number_concentration - Droplet number concentration (combining with OCI CLOUD) (cm⁻³) - cloud_liquid_water_path - Cloud liquid water path (combining with OCI CLOUD) (g m⁻²) - cloud_liquid_index - Index measuring polarized primary bow strength (unitless) - cloud_optical_thickness - Cloud optical thickness (from OCI CLOUD) (unitless) - cloud_bow_extinction_cross_section_Xnm – 355/532 nm extinction cross section based on Cloud Bow retrievals - cloud_bow_lidar_ratio_Xnm – 355/532 lidar ratios based on Cloud Bow retrievals - cloud_rft_* - Retrievals from Rainbow Fourier Transform (experimental and exploratory, intended for future substantial refinements) - cloud_top_properties - Cloud top altitude (m), pressure (hPa), and temperature (K) (from OCI CLOUD)