Identification

Title

SSEC SPARC AERI Thermodynamic Profiles at WLEF Tower Site

Alternative title(s)

592.013

Abstract

This dataset contains the thermodyncamic, vertical profiles of temperature and water vapor from the SSEC Portable Atmospheric Research Center (SPARC) Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (AERI) collected at the WLEF site for the CHEESEHEAD project. The SSEC Portable Atmospheric Research Center (SPARC) was deployed at the WLEF-TV tall tower site (45.94554, -90.27312) for the duration of CHEESEHEAD. Among the instruments deployed aboard SPARC is the Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (AERI), from which high temporal resolution atmospheric profiles can be retrieved through a physical retrieval. Data have been processed into temperature and water vapor mixing ratio profiles with a temporal resolution of 5 minutes and are output onto a vertical grid with spacing that decreases approximately exponentially with height. The data cover the period from 2 July through 11 September 2019. On 12 September 2019, the SPARC AERI suffered a catastrophic failure possibly associated with an uncompensated power surge. No retrievals are available from that date onward through the conclusion of the experiment. Please see the readme file for more information.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/592.013

protocol: https

description: Dataset homepage

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/codiac/eula/fgr_form/id=592.013

protocol: https

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

function: order

Unique resource identifier

code

592.013

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

Resource Type

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2014-10-16

Keyword set

keyword value

SSEC Portable Atmospheric Research Center (SPARC)

Keyword set

keyword value

Profiler

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS > CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES > WATER VAPOR MIXING RATIO PROFILES

originating controlled vocabulary

title

Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2018-02-27

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-90.27312

East bounding longitude

-90.27312

North bounding latitude

45.94554

South bounding latitude

45.94554

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2019-07-02T00:00:00Z

End position

2019-09-11T23:59:59Z

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2020-02-11T20:46:07Z

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

These data are restricted by a user agreement: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/546E325079509/cheesehead_policy.html

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/

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/

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/

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-12-26T23:50:10Z

Metadata language

eng; USA