DLR Doppler Lidar Data

The Terrain-Induced Rotor Experiment (T-REX) took place in March/April 2006 in the Owens Valley, Sierra Nevada, California. The DLR Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre operated a coherent 2µm Doppler lidar from LMCT to investigate the dynamics of mountain waves and rotors. The measurements were coordinated with a similar Doppler lidar operated by Arizona State University. The systems operated simultaneously for about 6 weeks. The first deployment of two Doppler lidars for mesoscale meteorological research made it possible to retrieve horizontal and vertical wind components in vertical cross sections perpendicular to the valley axis. The lidars performed nearly continuous measurements throughout 6 weeks, which included several interesting events outside of Intensive Observation Periods (IOPs). The data are in tar files by day. Matlab scripts to analyze the data are included, as well as a binary program to convert the *.PRD data files to ASCII files.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2006-03-01T00:01:00Z
    End:  2006-04-30T23:59:59Z

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2006-03-01T00:01:00Z
Temporal Range End 2006-04-30T23:59:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 37.00000
Bounding Box South Lat 35.00000
Bounding Box West Long -118.00000
Bounding Box East Long -114.00000
Spatial Representation grid
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links

Documentation #1 : ASU_Matlab_Users_Guide.pdf

Documentation #2 : Readme_DLRlidar.pdf
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format TAR: Unix Tape ARchive (TAR) Format File (application/x-tar)
Standardized Resource Format Archive
Asset Size 22744 MB
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Software Implementation Language N/A

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Author Martin Weissmann
Andreas Doernbrack
Publisher UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory
Publication Date 2011-05-17T09:08:45
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.26023/M3JR-6GGP-FV0H
Alternate Identifier 92.019
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2024-02-07T22:50:19Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::92.019
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Martin Weissmann, Andreas Doernbrack. (2011). DLR Doppler Lidar Data. 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/M3JR-6GGP-FV0H. Accessed 23 November 2024.

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