DCMEX: cloud images from the NCAS Camera 12 from the New Mexico field campaign 2022

This dataset contains cloud images from the NCAS Camera 12, one of two identical cameras (designated as ncas-cam-11 and ncas-cam-12), captured at various sites around the Magdalena Mountains, New Mexico, USA, as part of the Deep Convective Microphysics Experiment (DCMEX). DCMEX examined the formation and development of clouds over mountains during July and August 2022.

These cameras were designed to take simultaneous images of the same object while placed a distance apart to create a stereo image, but this was not always possible; on some days only one camera was used or the two cameras were deployed in separate locations.

The images from this camera were taken during the duration of the DCMEX campaign of clouds from a range of sites. These are accompanied by similar images from a sibling camera (see connected dataset). Where the two cameras were operated at the same site they were synchronised in terms of camera settings (exposure, etc) and camera pointing directions to facilitate the onward use of images as stereoscopic imagery. For those latter instances files have been marked with stereo-a or stereo-b within the filename to denote where the images form the left of right image for such images. Other images do not contain these additional filename fields to denote when the cameras were used in stand-along mode. Note, due to the nature of coordinating images between the two cameras one was designated as the primary camera from which the settings were then conveyed to the secondary camera by the coordinating software. As a result exact image synchronisation wasn't possible and thus the secondary camera image may have a timestamp that is a second or so later.

Date (Publication): 2023-12-15T14:19:37

Date (Creation): 2023-12-15T14:19:37

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/d1c61edc4f554ee09ad370f6b52f82ce

Citation identifier: NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis / d1c61edc4f554ee09ad370f6b52f82ce

Citation identifier: doi / 10.5285/d1c61edc4f554ee09ad370f6b52f82ce

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Unavailable	Finney, Declan	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Groves, James	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Walker, Dan	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Dufton, David	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Moore, Robert	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Bennecke, David	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Kelsey, Vicki	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Reger, R. Stetson	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Nowakowska, Kasia	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Bassford, James	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Blyth, Alan	Unavailable	Author
NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis		support@ceda.ac.uk	Custodian
NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis		support@ceda.ac.uk	Distributor
Unavailable	Blyth, Alan	Unavailable	Principal investigator
NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis		support@ceda.ac.uk	pointofContact
NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis		support@ceda.ac.uk	Publisher

Maintenance and update frequency: Not planned

Update scope: Dataset

Keywords

DCMEX
Camera
Images
AMOF
stereoscopic

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: 2022-07-15T00:00:00

End date: 2022-08-04T00:00:00

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

Distribution format

Name	Version
Data are JPG formatted.

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis		support@ceda.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/d1c61edc4f554ee09ad370f6b52f82ce	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/ncas-mobile/data/ncas-cam-12/20220621_dcmex/v1.0	DOWNLOAD

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://zenodo.org/record/6368295	NCAS-IMAGE-1.0 metadata standard

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7756709	Time lapse video using some of the stereo camera images

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 were collected by scientists on the DCMEX field campaign, with metadata added in accordance with the NCAS-IMAGE-1.0 metadata standard before archiving.