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

Lidar signal and depolarization ratio data and quicklook imagery 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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  • Begin:  2024-02-28T11:40:00Z
    End:  2024-04-03T15:19:58Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2024-02-28T11:40:00Z
Temporal Range End 2024-04-03T15:19:58Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 82.00000
Bounding Box South Lat 66.00000
Bounding Box West Long -14.00000
Bounding Box East Long 24.00000
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links

Documentation #1 : WCL_CAESAR_readme_L0.pdf
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format PNG: Portable Network Graphics (PNG) (image/png)
NetCDF: Network Common Data Form (application/x-netcdf)
Standardized Resource Format Image
NetCDF
Asset Size 20682 MB
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Resource Support Organization UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory
Distributor UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory
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Author Owen Cruikshank
Eric Beamesderfer
Matthew Burkhart
Natalie Kille
Anna Robertson
Publisher UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory
Publication Date 2025-04-15T16:12:09
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.26023/N795-SQ9D-S814
Alternate Identifier 638.044
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-05-09T20:14:11Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::638.044
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Owen Cruikshank, Eric Beamesderfer, Matthew Burkhart, Natalie Kille, Anna Robertson. (2025). Wyoming Cloud Lidar (WCL) Level-0 Data and Imagery. 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/N795-SQ9D-S814. Accessed 14 June 2025.

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