Digital Camera Movies
Summary
During CAESAR, the NSF/NCAR C-130 (Tail Number N130AR) flew digital cameras for in-flight video capture. Individual photo jpeg images were captured once per second during flights. Images taken after dark have been stripped from this archive. Remaining images were converted to Quicktime movie files. The movies are h.264 codec playable with Quicktime (Mac and Windows), xine, (linux) and mplayer (many platforms). The original images are 1024x768 pixels and were recorded at 1 frame/second. The movies are set to play back at 512x384 pixels and 15 fps.
Animated plots are visible on the right side of the frame with the following variables:
Plot 1: GGALT timeseries
Plot 2: PSX timeseries
Plot 3: ATX timeseries
Plot 4: DPXC timeseries
Plot 5: WIC timeseries
Plot 6: PLWCC timeseries
Plot 7: CONCS_2DS timeseries
Plot 8: CONCD_LWI timeseries
Plot 9: FO3C_ACD timeseries
Plot 10: (ATX, DPXC), GGALT 1:1
Plot 11: GGLAT, GGLON 1:1
Data access
Additional information
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| Spatial Type | video |
| Frequency | 1 second |
| Language | English |
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Temporal coverage
| Begin datetime | 2024-02-05 17:06:56 |
| End datetime | 2024-04-07 23:59:59 |
Spatial coverage
Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.
Maximum (North) Latitude:
82.00,
Minimum (South) Latitude:
66.00
Minimum (West) Longitude:
-14.00,
Maximum (East) Longitude:
24.00
Primary point of contact information
EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
Additional contact information
Citation
NCAR/EOL Digital Camera Imagery Team. 2024. Digital Camera Movies. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/638.018. Accessed 19 Jun 2025.
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