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Perdigao: NCAR Water Vapor DIAL Data

Summary

Profiles of absolute humidity and backscatter from the NCAR/EOL Water-Vapor Differential Absorption Lidar (WV-DIAL) during the Perdigao field season. These data are in NetCDF format.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D6ZG6QZZ
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2017-10-24)
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Related projects	Perdigao: Perdigao Field Experiment
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	1 minute
Language	English
Categories	Lidar Upper Air
Platforms	NCAR MicroPulse DIAL (MPD)
Instruments	Differential Absorption Lidar - DIAL Lidar
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	WVDIAL_data_format.pdf [8 KiB]
Related links	info: Perdigao Missions homepage: Perdigão Home Page

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2017-04-24 00:00:00
End datetime	2017-06-17 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 39.71, Minimum (South) Latitude: 39.71
Minimum (West) Longitude: -7.74, Maximum (East) Longitude: -7.74

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. 2017. Perdigao: NCAR Water Vapor DIAL Data. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6ZG6QZZ. Accessed 16 Dec 2025.

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