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SSEC SPARC Doppler LiDAR at WLEF

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CHEESEHEAD

Summary

This dataset contains vertical profiles of vertical velocity and backscatter from the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) Portable Atmospheric Research Center (SPARC) Doppler lidar during the Chequamegon Heterogeneous Ecosystem Energy-balance Study Enabled by a High-density Extensive Array of Detectors (CHEESEHEAD) project. Data are in daily netCDF files with 10 second profiles. The SPARC was deployed at the WLEF-TV tower site for the duration of CHEESEHEAD. Among the instruments deployed near SPARC was a Halo Photonics Stream Line Doppler lidar. This Doppler lidar was in vertically staring mode throughout the experiment to complement other nearby Doppler lidars so that a virtual tower of three-dimensional wind observations could be carried out. This dataset contains the vertical velocity (w) and backscatter observations from the Doppler lidar. See the readme file for more information.

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Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/J41B-5NH1-840B
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2021-02-18)
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Related projects	CHEESEHEAD: Chequamegon Heterogeneous Ecosystem Energy-balance Study Enabled by a High-density Extensive Array of Detectors
Frequency	10 second
Language	English
Platforms	SSEC Portable Atmospheric Research Center (SPARC)
Instruments	Doppler Lidar Lidar
GCMD Science Keywords	LIDAR BACKSCATTER VERTICAL WIND VELOCITY/SPEED Expand keywords
Documentation	sparc_halo_readme.pdf [96 KiB]
Restrictions	user agreement required: cheesehead_policy.html [5 KiB]
Related links	companion: 592.095: CHEESEHEAD 2019 Project Documentation info: CHEESEHEAD Data Policy homepage: CHEESEHEAD Project Page

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2019-07-03 00:00:00
End datetime	2019-10-11 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 45.9459, Minimum (South) Latitude: 45.9459
Minimum (West) Longitude: -90.2723, Maximum (East) Longitude: -90.2723

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

Additional contact information

author: Timothy J. Wagner <tim.wagner@ssec.wisc.edu>

Citation

Wagner, T. 2021. SSEC SPARC Doppler LiDAR at WLEF. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/J41B-5NH1-840B. Accessed 07 Oct 2024.

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