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LAFE: 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 Land-Atmosphere Feedback Experiment (LAFE). These data are in NetCDF format.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D6GF0SBR
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2018-08-24)
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Related projects	LAFE: Land-Atmosphere Feedback Experiment
Frequency	continuous
Language	English
Categories	Lidar
Platforms	NCAR MicroPulse DIAL (MPD)
Instruments	Differential Absorption Lidar - DIAL Lidar NCAR MPD1
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	README [2 KiB]
Related links	homepage: LAFE Project Homepage

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2017-07-27 00:00:00
End datetime	2017-09-05 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 36.477, Minimum (South) Latitude: 36.475
Minimum (West) Longitude: -97.422, Maximum (East) Longitude: -97.421

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. 2018. LAFE: NCAR Water Vapor DIAL data. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6GF0SBR. Accessed 09 Dec 2025.

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