Wyoming Cloud Lidar (WCL) Level 1 data https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/600.019 Summary Processed Wyoming Cloud Lidar (WCL) Level 1 data collected on board the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Twin Otter airplane during the SWEX (Sundowner Winds Experient) field project from April 1- May 15, 2022. This data set is in NetCDF format contained in gzipped files that have corresponding quicklook GIF files. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 600.019 * doi:10.26023/PFA5-DF1V-HR06 https://doi.org/10.26023/PFA5-DF1V-HR06 Versions 1.0 2.0: Minor corrections were made to some file names and times. Citation Deng, M., Burkhart, M., Mahon, N. 2022. Wyoming Cloud Lidar (WCL) Level 1 data. Version 2.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/PFA5-DF1V-HR06 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 * SWEX: Sundowner Winds Experiment https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/SWEX Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Frequency: < 1 second * Language: English Categories * Lidar Platforms * TWIN OTTER CIRPAS NPS Instruments * Wyoming Cloud Lidar - WCL GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > LIDAR > LIDAR BACKSCATTER * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > PLATFORM CHARACTERISTICS > ATTITUDE CHARACTERISTICS * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > LIDAR > LIDAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIO Documentation * read_image_wcl_nc.pro [6 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/553A8A63F9FBB/read_image_wcl_nc.pro * WCL_Dataset_Documentation_SWEX_V5.pdf [320 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/553A8A63FA12E/WCL_Dataset_Documentation_SWEX_V5.pdf Related links * info: SWEX Missions https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/swex/missions * homepage: SWEX Home Page https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/swex * info: SWEX Data Policy https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/swex-data-policy Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2020-04-05 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2022-05-11 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 36.00 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 34.00 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -120.00 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -118.00 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * author: Min Deng https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2153 * author: Matthew Burkhart https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2155 * author: Nick Mahon https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2152 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/600.019?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/600.019?format=isotc211