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Cloud images of the sky above Davis Station, Antarctica, taken with the lidar cloudcam
Entry ID:
ASAC_737_lidar_cloudcam
Summary
Abstract:
The CloudCam system captures timelapse images of the sky above Davis Station, Antarctica. So far it has been used to detect both noctilucent clouds (NLC) during summer and polar stratospheric clouds (PSC) during winter but it is also capable of imaging aurorae and tropopsheric clouds. The CloudCam system sits in a dome in the SAS building at Davis and consists of a camera, a motorised pod, a ...
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Temporal Coverage
Start Date:
2004-01-01
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Platform
Instrument
Quality
Image quality can vary depending on weather conditions - eg snow, or ice build-up may obscure the images.
The present camera (2011) is a Canon PowerShot S3 IS digital camera. The camera used in 2004 and 2006 was a Canon EOS300D. Taken from the instruction manual: The camera used in 2004 and 2006 is a Canon EOS300D with a standard 18-55mm ...
Access Constraints
These data are currently stored on an external HDD and are therefore not yet publicly available. They will soon be moved to the Australian Antarctic Division servers, and will then be much more accessible.
Use Constraints
This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=ASAC_737... when using these data. Data Set Progress
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Data Center
Personnel
Role:
INVESTIGATOR
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TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone:
+61 3 6232 3382
Fax:
+61 3 6232 3496
Email:
andrew.klekociuk at aad.gov.au
Contact Address:
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
City:
Kingston
Province or State:
Tasmania
Postal Code:
7050
Country:
Australia
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2011-06-07
Last DIF Revision Date:
2012-07-13
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