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SSEC SPARC AERI Thermodynamic Profiles at WLEF Tower Site

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CHEESEHEAD

Summary

This dataset contains the thermodyncamic, vertical profiles of temperature and water vapor from the SSEC Portable Atmospheric Research Center (SPARC) Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (AERI) collected at the WLEF site for the CHEESEHEAD project. The SSEC Portable Atmospheric Research Center (SPARC) was deployed at the WLEF-TV tall tower site (45.94554, -90.27312) for the duration of CHEESEHEAD. Among the instruments deployed aboard SPARC is the Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (AERI), from which high temporal resolution atmospheric profiles can be retrieved through a physical retrieval. Data have been processed into temperature and water vapor mixing ratio profiles with a temporal resolution of 5 minutes and are output onto a vertical grid with spacing that decreases approximately exponentially with height. The data cover the period from 2 July through 11 September 2019. On 12 September 2019, the SPARC AERI suffered a catastrophic failure possibly associated with an uncompensated power surge. No retrievals are available from that date onward through the conclusion of the experiment. Please see the readme file for more information.

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Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/4VQP-V073-0Y06
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2020-02-11)
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Related projects	CHEESEHEAD: Chequamegon Heterogeneous Ecosystem Energy-balance Study Enabled by a High-density Extensive Array of Detectors
Frequency	5 minute
Language	English
Categories	Profiler
Platforms	SSEC Portable Atmospheric Research Center (SPARC)
Instruments	AERI - Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer
GCMD Science Keywords	CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE VERTICAL PROFILES WATER VAPOR MIXING RATIO PROFILES Expand keywords
Documentation	README_wlef05aerioe1turnC1.pdf [70 KiB]
Restrictions	user agreement required: cheesehead_policy.html [5 KiB]
Related links	companion: 592.095: CHEESEHEAD 2019 Project Documentation info: CHEESEHEAD Data Policy info: CHEESEHEAD Project Page

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2019-07-02 00:00:00
End datetime	2019-09-11 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

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Maximum (North) Latitude: 45.94554, Minimum (South) Latitude: 45.94554
Minimum (West) Longitude: -90.27312, Maximum (East) Longitude: -90.27312

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EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>

Additional contact information

author: Timothy J. Wagner <tim.wagner@ssec.wisc.edu>

Citation

Wagner, T. 2020. SSEC SPARC AERI Thermodynamic Profiles at WLEF Tower Site. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/4VQP-V073-0Y06. Accessed 24 Apr 2024.

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