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CAESAR: Wyoming Cloud Lidar (WCL) Level-1 Data and Imagery

Summary

Preliminary data and quicklook imagery of the corrected lidar data, total attenuated backscatter, signal to noise ratio, and depolarization ratio from the Wyoming Cloud Lidar that was deployed on the NSF/NCAR C-130 aircraft for the CAESAR campaign.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download

authorization required

Additional information

Homepage	https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/638.047
Data Quality	preliminary
Versions	0.1 (2025-02-13): Preliminary processed data.
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Related projects	CAESAR: Cold Air Outbreak Experiment in the Sub-Arctic Region
Frequency	other
Language	English
Grant Code	NSF CAESAR Award Numbers: 2151329, 2150848, 2150774, 2412409, 2151075, 2317116, 2150812, 2150040
Platforms	NSF NCAR C-130
Instruments	Lidar WCL - Wyoming Cloud Lidar
GCMD Science Keywords	CLOUD PROPERTIES LIDAR BACKSCATTER LIDAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIO Expand keywords
Documentation	WCL_CAESAR_readme_L1.pdf [266 KiB]
Restrictions	authorization required
Related links	info: CAESAR Data Policy homepage: CAESAR EOL Homepage info: CAESAR Missions

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

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

principalInvestigator: Owen Cruikshank <owen.cruikshank@uwyo.edu>
author: Owen Cruikshank <owen.cruikshank@uwyo.edu>
author: Eric Beamesderfer <ebeamesd@uwyo.edu>
author: Matthew Burkhart <monoski@uwyo.edu>
author: Natalie Kille <nkile@uwyo.edu>
author: Anna Robertson <arober29@uwyo.edu>

Citation

Cruikshank, O., et al. 2025. CAESAR: Wyoming Cloud Lidar (WCL) Level-1 Data and Imagery. Version 0.1 [PRELIMINARY]. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/638.047. Accessed 13 Mar 2025.

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