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Cayenne French Doppler Radar RASTA Data

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HAIC-HIWC_2015

Summary

This dataset contains the RASTA data from the High Altitude Ice Crystals - High Ice Water Content (HAIC-HIWC) project that took place in Cayenne, French Guiana. The data is the 95 GHz cloud radar, microphysics and wind data from the French Falcon aircraft, operated by SAFIRE, during 17 of the flights flown during the project. The data is in netCDF and png formats.

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Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/ME1M-EEB2-2E0Q
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2016-06-06)
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Related projects	HAIC-HIWC_2015: High Altitude Ice Crystals - High Ice Water Content Project - 2015
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	1 second
Language	English
Categories	Aircraft Radar
Platforms	Aircraft, SAFIRE French Falcon
Instruments	Doppler Radar Radar W-Band Radar
GCMD Science Keywords	CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE DOPPLER VELOCITY FLIGHT LEVEL WINDS PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION RADAR REFLECTIVITY RELATIVE HUMIDITY STATIC PRESSURE U/V WIND COMPONENTS UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE VERTICAL WIND VELOCITY/SPEED Expand keywords
Documentation	Micro-DYN-product-description-Jan2016.pdf [448 KiB]
Related links	info: HAIC-HIWC 2015 Cayenne Missions info: HAIC-HIWC Data Policy homepage: HAIC-HIWC Home Page

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2015-05-10 00:00:00
End datetime	2015-05-29 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 20.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 0.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -70.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -30.00

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

Additional contact information

author: SAFIRE

Citation

SAFIRE. 2016. Cayenne French Doppler Radar RASTA Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/ME1M-EEB2-2E0Q. Accessed 02 Dec 2024.

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