Small Ice Detector Version 2 (SID-2H) [Rogers, NCAR/RAF]

This dataset contains SID2H data collected during the PREDICT project. The Small Ice Detector, Version 2 (SID2H) is a particle light-scattering instrument for measuring size distributions of particles in the 1 to 70 micrometer size range and for discriminating between ice crystals and supercooled water droplets in mixed phase clouds. SID2H measures the intensity of light scattered by cloud particles in the forward direction. Measurements are recorded for each particle that crosses the instrument's laser beam. The SID2H data files are binary and come in 10-minute blocks; a new file is created every 10 minutes. Data records include timing events, light scattering intensity, and housekeeping (temperatures, laser power, etc.). The file structure has a header, data, and a footer.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2010-08-15T10:09:00Z
    End:  2010-09-30T19:29:00Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2010-08-15T10:09:00Z
Temporal Range End 2010-09-30T19:29:00Z
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Bounding Box North Lat 40.00000
Bounding Box South Lat -10.00000
Bounding Box West Long -90.00000
Bounding Box East Long -40.00000
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Resource Format TAR: Unix Tape ARchive (TAR) Format File (application/x-tar)
Standardized Resource Format Archive
Asset Size 495 MB
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Publication Date 2012-08-03T23:19:11
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/D6HT2MNK
Alternate Identifier 126.057
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-08-01T18:02:56Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::126.057
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation (2012). Small Ice Detector Version 2 (SID-2H) [Rogers, NCAR/RAF]. 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6HT2MNK. Accessed 26 August 2025.

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