Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR) Leosphere EZ Polarization Lidar Data

Data were collected from the 14th of February 2009 to the present by the Leosphere EZ polarization lidar at Chilbolton Observatory, Hampshire. The dataset contains plots of the attenuated backscatter coefficient at different heights, and of the depolarization ratio of particles.

The dataset contains:

Plots of the attenuated backscatter coefficient at different heights, and of the depolarization ratio of particles.

Atmospheric backscatter light intensity (raw data)

Solid angle and background calibrated data

Vertical backscatter and extinction profile

Vertical Aerosol profile

Planetary Boundary Layer and residual layer heights

Semi-transparent cloud height and top

Optical depth integrated over whole Lidar range

Dynamic structure of the atmosphere (e.g gravity waves...)

Asphericity information on the particle in order to discriminate some particles from others (soil dust from other aerosol, ice/water phase of the clouds…)

Date (Publication): 2003-09-14T08:50:21

Date (Creation): 2003-09-14T08:50:21

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/23c9314a7bad7f66f8217067f3358cb4

Citation identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 23c9314a7bad7f66f8217067f3358cb4

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)		unknown	Author
Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR)		unknown	Author
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)		unknown	Author
Unavailable	Wrench, Charles Leonard	Unavailable	Author
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Custodian
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor
Unavailable	Baran, A.J.	Unavailable	Principal investigator
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	pointofContact
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Publisher

Maintenance and update frequency: Continual

Update scope: Dataset

Keywords

CFARR
lidar
polarisation

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions

Access constraints: Other restrictions

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Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Under the following licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/, appropriate use of these data may fall under any use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.

Spatial representation type: Grid

Language: English

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 2009-02-14T00:00:00

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

Distribution format

Name	Version
Data are netCDF formatted

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/23c9314a7bad7f66f8217067f3358cb4	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/chilbolton/data/lidar-leosphere	DOWNLOAD

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.chilbolton.rl.ac.uk/	Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR) Weather web

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.stfc.ac.uk/Chilbolton/research/24887.aspx	Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) CAESAR webpage

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://ensembles-eu.metoffice.com/met-res/CAESAR/index.html	Met Office CAESAR webpage

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.faam.ac.uk/index.php/current-future-campaigns/past-campaigns/135-caesar-cirrus-and-anvils-european-satellite-and-airborne-radiation-measurements-project	Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements CAESAR webpage.

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.stfc.ac.uk/Chilbolton/facilities/HALO/24830.aspx	HALO Photonics Doppler Lidar

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Conformance result

Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Statement: Data are collected by 4 radar systems, of which the largest is the 3 GHz Doppler radar (CAMRa), and 4 lidar systems, at Chilbolton Observatory, Hampshire.

Data are prepared by Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR) staff prior to submission to BADC for archiving.