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CAESAR: GVR Data and Associated Retrievals

Summary

Liquid water path (LWP), water vapor path (WVP), and brightness temperature data from the G-band Vapor Radiometer (GVR) that was aboard the NSF NCAR C-130 aircraft for the CAESAR (Cold Air Outbreak Experiment in the Sub-Arctic Region) campaign.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/36JM-V39N-R408
Data Quality	final
Versions	0.1 (2024-10-08) 1.0 (2025-02-20): Final data. Data are unchanged from previous version. Author specified that no issues have been found that require attention. 2.0 (2025-05-20): This version does not weight the brightness temperatures by LCL for the LWP retrieval. In addition, there are newly tuned hyperparameters used. (Only the current version of the data is available to order. If you have questions about a prior version, please email us.)
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Related projects	CAESAR: Cold Air Outbreak Experiment in the Sub-Arctic Region
Frequency	5 second
Language	English
Categories	Aircraft
Platforms	NSF NCAR C-130
Instruments	GVR - G-Band Vapor Radiometer
GCMD Science Keywords	BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE CLOUD PROPERTIES CLOUD WATER PATH WATER VAPOR Expand keywords
Documentation	GVR_Data_and_Associated_Retrievals_Readme_V2.0.pdf [719 KiB] gvr_handbook.pdf [2 MiB]
Related links	info: CAESAR Data Policy homepage: CAESAR EOL Homepage info: CAESAR Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2024-02-28 11:40:00
End datetime	2024-04-03 16:00:00

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

author: Samuel Ephraim <samuel.ephraim@earth.miami.edu>
author: Paquita Zuidema <pzuidema@miami.edu>

Citation

Ephraim, S., Zuidema, P. 2025. CAESAR: GVR Data and Associated Retrievals. Version 2.0. null. https://doi.org/10.26023/36JM-V39N-R408. Accessed 18 Nov 2025.

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