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VOCALS: NOAA R/V Ron Brown Lidar Data

Summary

This NOAA R/V Ron Brown Lidar dataset consists of two netCDF files which contain lidar data collected from the Research Vessel Ron Brown during the VOCALS 2008 project. The vocalsRhbLidarWP.nc file contains vertical profiles of horizontal wind and the vocalsRhbLidarVertStats.nc file has vertical profiles of vertical velocity turbulence (and higher statistical moments) and aerosol back scatter signal strength (snr). See the readme for more information on the file structure for each file.

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Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/1P08-D92Y-YT13
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2011-09-28)
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Related projects	VOCALS: VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	other
Language	English
Categories	Lidar Ship Upper Air
Platforms	R/V Ronald H. Brown Ships
Instruments	Doppler Lidar Lidar
GCMD Science Keywords	AEROSOL BACKSCATTER BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS CLOUD BASE HEIGHT TURBULENCE VERTICAL WIND VELOCITY/SPEED WIND DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION PROFILES WIND SPEED WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Expand keywords
Documentation	NOAAESRLLidar_readme.txt [1 KiB]
Related links	info: VOCALS Data Policy homepage: VOCALS Homepage info: VOCALS Missions info: VOCALS Project Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2008-10-01 00:00:00
End datetime	2008-11-30 23:59:00

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: -15.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: -30.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -90.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -70.00

Primary point of contact information

Alan Brewer <Alan.Brewer@noaa.gov>

Additional contact information

author: Alan Brewer <Alan.Brewer@noaa.gov>

Citation

Brewer, A. 2011. VOCALS: NOAA R/V Ron Brown Lidar Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/1P08-D92Y-YT13. Accessed 19 Apr 2024.

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