SSEC SPARC AERI Thermodynamic Profiles at WLEF Tower Site https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/592.013 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. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 592.013 * doi:10.26023/4VQP-V073-0Y06 https://doi.org/10.26023/4VQP-V073-0Y06 Versions 1.0 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 29 Mar 2024. Additional citation styles can be generated by entering the DOI at CrossCite (https://citation.crosscite.org/). Acknowledgement In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements, please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as: Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/ Related projects * CHEESEHEAD: Chequamegon Heterogeneous Ecosystem Energy-balance Study Enabled by a High-density Extensive Array of Detectors https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/CHEESEHEAD Additional information * Frequency: 5 minute * Language: English Categories * Profiler Platforms * SSEC Portable Atmospheric Research Center (SPARC) Instruments * AERI - Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS > CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES > WATER VAPOR MIXING RATIO PROFILES Documentation * README_wlef05aerioe1turnC1.pdf [70 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/546E325079508/README_wlef05aerioe1turnC1.pdf Restrictions * EULA: cheesehead_policy.html [5 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/546E325079509/cheesehead_policy.html Related links * companion: 592.095: CHEESEHEAD 2019 Project Documentation https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/592.095 * info: CHEESEHEAD Data Policy https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/cheesehead-data-policy * info: CHEESEHEAD Project Page https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/cheesehead Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2019-07-02 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2019-09-11 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 45.94554 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 45.94554 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -90.27312 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -90.27312 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * author: Timothy J. Wagner https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2149 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/592.013?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/592.013?format=isotc211