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CAESAR: Gridded Remote Sensing Data and Value Added Products

Summary

Gridded data and value added products from the suite of remote sensing instrumentation that was on-board the NSF NCAR C-130 aircraft for the CAESAR (Cold Air Outbreak Experiment in the Sub-Arctic Region) campaign. Instrumentation included in this dataset are the Wyoming Cloud Radar (WCR), the Ka-band Profiling Radar (KPR), the Wyoming Cloud Lidar (WCL), the Multi-function Airborne Raman Lidar (MARLi) and the Gband Vapor Radiometer (GVR).

Archive note

No data are available for RF08 (25 March 2024).

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/9SGP-MXGP-MA06
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2026-02-04): Final processed data.
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Related projects	CAESAR: Cold Air Outbreak Experiment in the Sub-Arctic Region
Frequency	< 1 second
Language	English
Grant Code	NSF CAESAR Award Numbers: 2151329, 2150848, 2150774, 2412409, 2151075, 2317116, 2150812, and 2150040
Platforms	NSF NCAR C-130
Instruments	Doppler Radar GVR - G-Band Vapor Radiometer KPR - Ka Band Precipitation Radar Lidar MARLi - Multi-function Airborne Raman Lidar Radar WCL - Wyoming Cloud Lidar WCR - Wyoming Cloud Radar
GCMD Science Keywords	AIRSPEED/GROUND SPEED ATTITUDE CHARACTERISTICS BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE CLOUD BASE HEIGHT CLOUD DYNAMICS CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE CLOUD TOP HEIGHT CLOUD WATER PATH DOPPLER VELOCITY FLIGHT LEVEL WINDS HUMIDITY MIXING RATIO LIDAR BACKSCATTER LIDAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIO MEAN RADIAL VELOCITY RADAR REFLECTIVITY RADIAL VELOCITY SPECTRUM WIDTH U/V WIND COMPONENTS VERTICAL PROFILES VERTICAL WIND VELOCITY/SPEED WIND PROFILES Show 18 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	RSmerged.YYYYMMDD_hhmmss_to_YYYYMMDD_hhmmss_L3_CAESAR.cdl [31 KiB] RSmerged_README_CAESAR.pdf [142 KiB]
Related links	info: CAESAR Data Policy homepage: CAESAR EOL Homepage info: CAESAR Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2024-02-28 11:50:00
End datetime	2024-04-03 15:49:01

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: Coltin Grasmick <cgrasmic@uwyo.edu>
author: Owen Cruikshank <owen.cruikshank@uwyo.edu>
author: Zhien Wang <zhien.wang@stonybrook.edu>
author: Samuel Ephraim <samuel.ephraim@earth.miami.edu>
author: Paquita Zuidema <pzuidema@miami.edu>

Citation

Grasmick, C., et al. 2026. CAESAR: Gridded Remote Sensing Data and Value Added Products. Version 1.0. NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/9SGP-MXGP-MA06. Accessed 10 Apr 2026.

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