DLR Doppler Lidar Data https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/92.019 Summary The Terrain-Induced Rotor Experiment (T-REX) took place in March/April 2006 in the Owens Valley, Sierra Nevada, California. The DLR Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre operated a coherent 2µm Doppler lidar from LMCT to investigate the dynamics of mountain waves and rotors. The measurements were coordinated with a similar Doppler lidar operated by Arizona State University. The systems operated simultaneously for about 6 weeks. The first deployment of two Doppler lidars for mesoscale meteorological research made it possible to retrieve horizontal and vertical wind components in vertical cross sections perpendicular to the valley axis. The lidars performed nearly continuous measurements throughout 6 weeks, which included several interesting events outside of Intensive Observation Periods (IOPs). The data are in tar files by day. Matlab scripts to analyze the data are included, as well as a binary program to convert the *.PRD data files to ASCII files. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 92.019 * doi:10.26023/M3JR-6GGP-FV0H https://doi.org/10.26023/M3JR-6GGP-FV0H Versions 1.0 Citation Weissmann, M., Doernbrack, A. 2011. T-REX: DLR Doppler Lidar Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/M3JR-6GGP-FV0H 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 * T-REX: Terrain-induced Rotor Experiment https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/T-REX Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Frequency: continuous * Language: English Categories * Upper Air Platforms * Fixed Observation Stations Instruments * Doppler Lidar * Lidar GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > AEROSOL BACKSCATTER * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR > SPECTRUM WIDTH * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR > MEAN RADIAL VELOCITY Documentation * ASU_Matlab_Users_Guide.pdf [172 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41F5A39C9E7E/ASU_Matlab_Users_Guide.pdf * Readme_DLRlidar.pdf [21 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41F5A39C9E87/Readme_DLRlidar.pdf Related links * superceded_by: 92.052: DLR Doppler Lidar Data [DLR] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/92.052 * info: T-REX Missions https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/trex/missions/missions.html * info: T-REX Data Policy https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/t-rex-data-policy * homepage: T-REX Homepage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/t-rex * info: DLR Lidar for T-REX http://www.pa.op.dlr.de/trex/ * info: DLR Lidar Specifications http://www.pa.op.dlr.de/trex/system.html Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2006-03-01 00:01:00 * End datetime: 2006-04-30 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 37.00 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 35.00 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -118.00 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -114.00 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * author: Martin Weissmann https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/700 * author: Andreas Doernbrack https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1729 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/92.019?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/92.019?format=isotc211