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CAESAR: Wyoming Cloud Lidar (WCL) Level-0 Data and Imagery

Summary

Preliminary data and quicklook imagery of backscatter and depolarization ratio from the Wyoming Cloud Lidar that was deployed on the NSF/NCAR C-130 aircraft for the CAESAR campaign. The data files contain the lidar signal for each of the four WCL 2FOV channels and the depolarization ratio for the two high and low gain channels.

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  • 0.1 (2024-11-01):

    Preliminary processed data.

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Temporal coverage

Begin datetime 2024-02-09 19:00:00
End datetime 2024-04-03 15:20:00

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

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Citation

Cruikshank, O., et al. 2024. CAESAR: Wyoming Cloud Lidar (WCL) Level-0 Data and Imagery. Version 0.1 [PRELIMINARY]. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/638.044. Accessed 14 Dec 2024.

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This material is based upon work supported by the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, a major facility sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation and managed by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. National Science Foundation.