Micropulse lidar measurements

• Main Author: NSF Arctic Data Center
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2010
• Subjects: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD HEIGHT; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > AEROSOL BACKSCATTER; EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > ACTIVE REMOTE SENSING > PROFILERS/SOUNDERS > LIDAR/LASER SOUNDERS > LIDAR > LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; MANNED FIELD STATION; VERTICAL PROFILE; 30 METERS TO 100 METERS; 1 SECOND TO 1 MINUTE; climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere; Arctic; Greenland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A2N05Z

This data set contains measurements from a Micropulse Lidar (MPL) system that is deployed at Summit Station, Greenland. This lidar points near-vertically and measures backscatter in two polarization states. The measured parameters are profiles of backscatter in the "parallel" channel and in the "depolarized" channel. Detailed information on these parameters and other aspects of the dataset are included in the netCDF header information for each file. The lidar is owned by the Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) program, but has been loaned to ICECAPS to support this experiment. Field operations support is provided by the National Science Foundation's Arctic Observing Network (AON) Program.