Gridded Remote Sensing Data and Value Added Products https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/638.052 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). No data are available for RF08 (25 March 2024). Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 638.052 * doi:10.26023/9SGP-MXGP-MA06 https://doi.org/10.26023/9SGP-MXGP-MA06 Versions 1.0: Final processed data. 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 30 Apr 2026. Additional citation styles can be generated by entering the DOI at CrossCite (https://citation.doi.org/). Acknowledgement In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements, please acknowledge NSF NCAR EOL in your publications with text such as: Data provided by NCAR EOL under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/ Related projects * CAESAR: Cold Air Outbreak Experiment in the Sub-Arctic Region https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/CAESAR Additional information * 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 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS > CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > FLIGHT LEVEL WINDS * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR > SPECTRUM WIDTH * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION PROFILES > CLOUD WATER PATH * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > LIDAR > LIDAR BACKSCATTER * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > PLATFORM CHARACTERISTICS > AIRSPEED/GROUND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > LIDAR > LIDAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIO * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD TOP HEIGHT * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR > MEAN RADIAL VELOCITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > MICROWAVE > BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > PLATFORM CHARACTERISTICS > ATTITUDE CHARACTERISTICS * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR > DOPPLER VELOCITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > U/V WIND COMPONENTS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD DYNAMICS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > HUMIDITY MIXING RATIO * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND DYNAMICS > VERTICAL WIND VELOCITY/SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR > RADAR REFLECTIVITY * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR > RADIAL VELOCITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD BASE HEIGHT Documentation * RSmerged.YYYYMMDD_hhmmss_to_YYYYMMDD_hhmmss_L3_CAESAR.cdl [31 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/55F8167DAD417/RSmerged.YYYYMMDD_hhmmss_to_YYYYMMDD_hhmmss_L3_CAESAR.cdl * RSmerged_README_CAESAR.pdf [142 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/55F8167DAD416/RSmerged_README_CAESAR.pdf Related links * info: CAESAR Data Policy https://www.eol.ucar.edu/node/30493 * homepage: CAESAR EOL Homepage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/caesar * info: CAESAR Missions https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/caesar/missions Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2024-02-28 11:50:00 * End datetime: 2024-04-03 15:49:01 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 82.00 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 66.00 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -14.00 * Maximum (East) Longitude: 24.00 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * author: Coltin Grasmick https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/4450 * author: Owen Cruikshank https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/5140 * author: Zhien Wang https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1159 * author: Samuel Ephraim https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/5144 * author: Paquita Zuidema https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/859 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/638.052?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/638.052?format=isotc211