readme.lidar Readme file for Doppler Wind Liodar (D.Phillips) Lidar files are located in the /data/processed/ directory and orgainzed by date There are 3 data types for the Lidar 1. Vertical Stare (Stare_58_YYYYMMDD_HH.hpl) 2. RHI (RHI_58_YYYYMMDD_HHMNSS.hpl) 3. Wind Profile (Processed_Wind_Profile_58_YYYYMMDD_HHMNSS.hpl) YYYY -> year MM -> month DD -> day HH -> hour MN -> minute SS -> second For lidar data format please refer to the document "LidarData.pdf" From the manual (attached) the example of an .hpl file is on page 26. "Data line 1:" and Data line 2:" explains what each field of the rest of lines contains. Raw lidar data is located in the /data/raw/ directory by IOP#. Before you use any of this data, please contact us for recent updates and possible corrections to the data sets. If you have any questions, please contact: Dustin Phillips ph: 256-824-4024 email: phillips@nsstc.uah.edu