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Rayleigh lidar measurements of the middle atmosphere above Kingston, Australia

Entry ID: lidar_kingston

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Summary

Abstract: Vertical Rayleigh lidar measurements of the middle atmosphere above Kingston, Australia were undertaken during development of a lidar system that became operational at Davis, Antarctica on 07 Feb 2001.

The lidar was operated sporadically at Kingston between 1997 and 2000. Data collected during observing sessions on 47 separate days have been analysed to produce average profiles of temperature, ...

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

	N: -43.0	S: -43.0	E: 147.3	W: 147.3
Min Altitude: 0 KM Max Altitude: 200 KM

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1997-02-27

Stop Date: 2000-05-17

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND > AUSTRALIA > Kingston

VERTICAL LOCATION > MESOSPHERE

VERTICAL LOCATION > STRATOSPHERE

Data Resolution

Vertical Resolution: 94 m

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > AEROSOL BACKSCATTER

ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > AEROSOL EXTINCTION

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Access Constraints These data are not yet publicly available for download.

Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Ancillary Keywords

LIDAR

MESOSPHERE

MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE

STRATOSPHERE

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia

Personnel

ANDREW KLEKOCIUK

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Role: DIF AUTHOR

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: 2002-06-06

Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-04-10

Future DIF Review Date: 2002-12-01

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