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LESS-80: Low Rate (LRT - 1 sps) Navigation, State Parameter, and Microphysics Flight-Level Data

Summary

This data set includes airborne measurements obtained from the NSF/NCAR QueenAir, B-80 aircraft (Tail Number N306D) during the Lake Effect Snow Storms - 1980 (LESS-80) project. This dataset contains low rate navigation, state parameter, and microphysics flight-level data in netCDF format.

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Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D6F47MJM
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2016-12-02)
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Related projects	LESS-80: Lake Effect Snow Storms - 1980
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	1 second
Language	English
Categories	Aircraft
Platforms	NCAR Queen Air B-80
Instruments	Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probe - FSSP Hygrometers INS - Inertial Navigation System PMS - Particle Measuring System Pyranometers Pyrgeometers
GCMD Science Keywords	AEROSOLS ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE CLOUD DROPLET CONCENTRATION/SIZE CLOUD DROPLET DISTRIBUTION CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE DEW POINT TEMPERATURE HORIZONTAL WIND VELOCITY/SPEED LONGWAVE RADIATION PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION RELATIVE HUMIDITY SHORTWAVE RADIATION STATIC PRESSURE U/V WIND COMPONENTS VIRTUAL TEMPERATURE Show 13 more... Expand keywords
Related links	companion: 429.001: Navigation, State Parameter, and Microphysics HRT Data in GENPROI format homepage: LESS-80 info: LESS-80 (QueenAir, B-80) HRT TapeLog info: LESS-80 Sample LRT NetCdf Header

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	1980-12-01 08:56:42
End datetime	1981-01-22 10:58:17

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 43.937, Minimum (South) Latitude: 42.495
Minimum (West) Longitude: -88.31, Maximum (East) Longitude: -85.746

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

Additional contact information

author: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
principalInvestigator: Roscoe R. Braham

Citation

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2016. LESS-80: Low Rate (LRT - 1 sps) Navigation, State Parameter, and Microphysics Flight-Level Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6F47MJM. Accessed 09 Dec 2024.

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