Identification

Title

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

Alternative title(s)

638.044

Abstract

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.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/638.044

protocol: https

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

description: Dataset homepage

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/codiac/fgr_form/id=638.044

protocol: https

name: Wyoming Cloud Lidar (WCL) Level-0 Data and Imagery Data Order Form

description: Dataset order request form. Data files are made available via HTTPS.

function: order

Unique resource identifier

code

638.044

codeSpace

Dataset language

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

dataset

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2014-10-16

Keyword set

keyword value

NSF NCAR C-130

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > LIDAR > LIDAR BACKSCATTER

EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > LIDAR > LIDAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIO

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2018-02-27

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-14.00000

East bounding longitude

24.00000

North bounding latitude

82.00000

South bounding latitude

66.00000

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2024-02-28T11:40:00Z

End position

2024-04-03T15:19:58Z

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2025-04-15T16:12:09Z

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

none

Limitations on public access

none

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2025-05-09T20:14:11Z

Metadata language