Rayleigh lidar measurements of the middle atmosphere above Kingston, Australia

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Title: Rayleigh lidar measurements of the middle atmosphere above Kingston, Australia

Description:

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, density and backscatter ratio (at 532nm wavelength). The standard Rayleigh lidar inversion technique has been applied, using radiosonde data from Hobart Airport to calibrate the lidar density profiles near 30km altitude. Corrections for instrumental effects (pulse pileup, shutter transmission) and extinction (including ozone) have been applied. Where available, the temperature retrieval process has been initialised with UARS HALOE and MLS measurements. The typical integration time and altitude binning of the raw data were 1 minute and 94 metres respectively. Processed data have been produced at a variety of resolutions for investigation of gravity wave activity. This analysis is ongoing. The lower altitude limit of the aerosol data are approximately 15km, while the lower limit of the temperature data are about 30km. For more information, see the metadata record entitled &Lidar Studies of Atmospheric Structure, Dynamics and Climatology&.

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Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19970227

Ending_Date: 20000517

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: In Work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: 147.3

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 147.3

North_Bounding_Coordinate: -43.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -43.0

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Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > AEROSOL BACKSCATTER

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > AEROSOL EXTINCTION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > STRATOPAUSE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > GRAVITY WAVE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > TEMPERATURE PROFILES

Theme_Keyword: Lidar

Theme_Keyword: Mesosphere

Theme_Keyword: Middle Atmosphere

Theme_Keyword: Stratosphere

Theme_Keyword: CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND > AUSTRALIA > KINGSTON

Place_Keyword: VERTICAL LOCATION > MESOSPHERE

Place_Keyword: VERTICAL LOCATION > STRATOSPHERE

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

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Contact_Person: ANDREW KLEKOCIUK

Contact_Position: INVESTIGATOR

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Australian Antarctic Division

Address: 203 Channel Highway

City: Kingston

State_or_Province: Tasmania

Postal_Code: 7050

Country: Australia

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +61 3 6232 3382

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +61 3 6232 3496

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: andrew.klekociuk@aad.gov.au

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Altitude_Resolution: 94 m

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Altitude_Encoding_Method: Implicit coordinate

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Depth_Resolution: 94 m

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Contact_Organization: AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Contact_Person: DATA OFFICER AADC

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Australian Antarctic Division

Address: 203 Channel Highway

City: Kingston

State_or_Province: Tasmania

Postal_Code: 7050

Country: Australia

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +61 3 6232 3244

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +61 3 6232 3351

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: metadata@aad.gov.au

Resource_Description: lidar_kingston

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Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20020606

Metadata_Review_Date: 20080410

Metadata_Future_Review_Date: 20021201

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: ANDREW KLEKOCIUK

Contact_Position: INVESTIGATOR

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Australian Antarctic Division

Address: 203 Channel Highway

City: Kingston

State_or_Province: Tasmania

Postal_Code: 7050

Country: Australia

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +61 3 6232 3382

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +61 3 6232 3496

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: andrew.klekociuk@aad.gov.au

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Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time