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PECAN: NCAR Water Vapor DIAL data

Summary

NCAR/EOL Water Vapor DIAL system data taken during the Plains Elevated Convection at Night (PECAN) project from 26 May 2015 to 16 July 2015. The data are available in netCDF format as daily files.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D6SJ1HR1
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2015-07-31) 2.0 (2016-02-05): This dataset includes new variables and the files are somewhat larger. (Only the current version of the data is available to order. If you have questions about a prior version, please email us.)
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Related projects	PECAN: Plains Elevated Convection at Night
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	continuous
Language	English
Categories	Lidar Upper Air
Platforms	NCAR MicroPulse DIAL (MPD)
Instruments	Differential Absorption Lidar - DIAL Lidar NCAR MPD1
Sites	Fixed PISA 3 - Ellis, KS
GCMD Science Keywords	ABSOLUTE HUMIDITY ABSORPTION ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR CLOUD MICROPHYSICS CLOUD PROPERTIES HUMIDITY LIDAR LIDAR BACKSCATTER SCATTERING WATER VAPOR WATER VAPOR CONCENTRATION PROFILES WATER VAPOR PROFILES Show 9 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	Spuler_et_al.2015.pdf [4 MiB]
Related links	info: PECAN Data Policy homepage: PECAN Home Page info: PECAN Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2015-05-26 00:00:00
End datetime	2015-07-16 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 43.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 32.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -105.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -90.00

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

author: NCAR/EOL MPD Team

Citation

NCAR/EOL MPD Team. 2016. PECAN: NCAR Water Vapor DIAL data. Version 2.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6SJ1HR1. Accessed 15 Feb 2025.

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