CEDAR Data Base

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Emery, B.A. and R. M. Barnes

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title: CEDAR Data Base

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Series_Information:

Series_Name: CEDAR Data Base Catalog

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Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Boulder, CO

Publisher: NCAR/HAO

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Online_Linkage: http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/Data_Services:General_Overview

Description:

Abstract:

The Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric regions (CEDAR) is a program sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) designed to enhance the capability of ground-based instruments to measure the upper atmosphere and to coordinate instrument and model data for the benefit of the scientific community. The CEDAR Data Base (formally the Incoherent Scatter Radar Data Base) is a cooperative project between the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and several institutions that provide upper atmosphere data and model output for community use. The CEDAR Data Base contains: documentation, catalogue information, geophysical indices, summary plots, analysis software, and computer models. A catalogue is produced every year and is available on the WWW at: http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/Main_Page CEDAR instruments are located throughout the world. Only selected data from each instrument is available in the CEDAR Data Base. The on-line CEDAR Data Base contains information to contact investigators for additional data not found in the Data Base. The CEDAR Data Base currently contains approximately 10GB of data. A complete inventory of data and data availability is obtainable from the following: http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/Main_Page The CEDAR Data Base consists of the following: Geophysical Indices. Includes Dst, Kp, ap, Ap, solar 10.7 cm flux, sunspot number, AE, and IMF parameters. Large Model Output. Includes model output from the Assimilative Mapping of Ionospheric Electrodynamics (AMIE), Thermosphere Ionosphere General Circulation Model (TIGCM), and Global-Scale Wave Model (GSWM). Incoherent Scatter Radar. This is the primary data in the CEDAR Data Base. Includes ionospheric electron densities, ion velocities, and electron and ion temperatures. Ionospheric Doppler Radars. HF ionospheric doppler radars are organized into a collection of radars called SuperDARN (Super Dual Auroral Radar Network). Eleven radars have data in the CEDAR Data Base. Basic parameters include line-of-sight plasma irregularity and velocity spread. Digisondes. Consists of ion drift data from the Qaanaaq Digisonde. Fabry-Perot Interferometers. Basic parameters from FPI are brightness, neutral temperature, and line-of-sight neutral winds. IR Michelson Interferometers. Data include neutral temperatures derived from nightglow hydroxyl (OH). Lidar. Basic Lidar parameters are photocounts, relative neutral number density, and sodium or iron density. Middle Atmosphere Radars. Data are from MST radars, MF radars, LF radars, meteor wind radars and ST radars. There is only limited data in the CEDAR Data Base. Parameters include line-of-sight neutral winds and turbulence. Airglow Imagers and All-Sky Cameras. Data includes brightness data from imagers. None of the imager data are in digital form. Some airglow data is on video tape. Models. Consists of both theoretical models and empirical models. Source code is available from the CEDAR Data Base. Model output consists of geomagnetic field data, electron densities, electric fields, interpolations and models of NOAA and DMSP satellite data, wind models, ionospheric parameters, and other data. The CEDAR Data Base is accessible through the WWW and ftp, but users must have a valid access form, available from the WWW or ftp (see Access and Use constraints) or contact Barbara Emery (emery@ucar.edu ). See the WWW site for additional information on accessing the data and Rules of the Road procedures. http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Purpose:

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Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Emery, B.A. and Barnes, R. M. 1998. CEDAR Data Base Catalogue. National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO. http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Time_Period_of_Content:

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Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19660101

Ending_Date: Unknown

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: In Work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 180.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 90.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.0

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD PLATFORM

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD INSTRUMENT

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: PROJECT

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE > NEUTRAL TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > NEUTRAL WINDS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > IONOSPHERE/MAGNETOSPHERE DYNAMICS > AURORAE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE FLUX > ELECTRON FLUX

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE FLUX > ION FLUX > ION VELOCITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE PROPERTIES > PARTICLE DENSITY > ELECTRON DENSITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE PROPERTIES > PARTICLE SPEED > ELECTRON VELOCITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE PROPERTIES > PARTICLE TEMPERATURE > ELECTRON TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > SOLAR ACTIVITY > SOLAR ACTIVE REGIONS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > SOLAR ACTIVITY > SOLAR RADIO WAVE EMISSIONS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > SOLAR ACTIVITY > SUNSPOTS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMAGNETISM > ELECTRICAL FIELD

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMAGNETISM > GEOMAGNETIC INDICES > GEOPHYSICAL INDICES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMAGNETISM > MAGNETIC FIELD

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > AIRGLOW

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > IONOSPHERE/MAGNETOSPHERE DYNAMICS > GEOMAGNETIC INDICES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > IONOSPHERE/MAGNETOSPHERE DYNAMICS > MAGNETIC FIELDS/MAGNETIC CURRENTS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > IONOSPHERE/MAGNETOSPHERE DYNAMICS > ION CHEMISTRY/IONIZATION

Theme_Keyword: FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS

Theme_Keyword: GEOMAGNETIC STATIONS

Theme_Keyword: GROUND STATIONS

Theme_Keyword: GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS

Theme_Keyword: OBSERVATORIES

Theme_Keyword: ACE > ADVANCED COMPOSITION EXPLORER (ACE)

Theme_Keyword: GOES > NOAA GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES

Theme_Keyword: NOAA POES > NOAA POLAR ORBITING ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES

Theme_Keyword: AIRGLOW/AURORA IMAGER

Theme_Keyword: ASC > ALL-SKY CAMERA

Theme_Keyword: CAMERAS

Theme_Keyword: LIDAR > LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING

Theme_Keyword: MAGNETOMETERS

Theme_Keyword: DOPPLER RADAR

Theme_Keyword: INCOHERENT SCATTER RADAR

Theme_Keyword: RADAR > RADIO DETECTION AND RANGING

Theme_Keyword: IONOSONDE

Theme_Keyword: WIND PROFILERS

Theme_Keyword: FPI > FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETER

Theme_Keyword: INTERFEROMETERS

Theme_Keyword: MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER

Theme_Keyword: PARTICLE DETECTORS

Theme_Keyword: SEM > SPACE ENVIRONMENT MONITOR

Theme_Keyword: RADIO TELESCOPES

Theme_Keyword: TELESCOPES

Theme_Keyword: CEDAR > COUPLING, ENERGETICS, AND DYNAMICS OF ATMOSPHERIC REGIONS

Theme_Keyword: ESIP > EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATION PARTNERS PROGRAM

Theme_Keyword: Airglow

Theme_Keyword: Amie

Theme_Keyword: Apex

Theme_Keyword: Atmospheric Density

Theme_Keyword: Cedar

Theme_Keyword: Chiu

Theme_Keyword: Digisondes

Theme_Keyword: E Field

Theme_Keyword: Electron Temperature

Theme_Keyword: Gcm

Theme_Keyword: Geophysical Indices

Theme_Keyword: Global Circulation Models

Theme_Keyword: Gswm

Theme_Keyword: Hao

Theme_Keyword: Hf Radars

Theme_Keyword: Hmr

Theme_Keyword: Hpi

Theme_Keyword: Hwm

Theme_Keyword: Hydroxyl

Theme_Keyword: Imf Parameters

Theme_Keyword: Incoherent Scatter Radar

Theme_Keyword: Ion Temperature

Theme_Keyword: Ion Velocity

Theme_Keyword: Ionospheric Electron Density

Theme_Keyword: Ionospheric Models

Theme_Keyword: Iri

Theme_Keyword: Iron Density

Theme_Keyword: Isr

Theme_Keyword: Izmem

Theme_Keyword: Lf Radars

Theme_Keyword: Lidar

Theme_Keyword: Line-of-sight Velocity

Theme_Keyword: Magfld

Theme_Keyword: Medac

Theme_Keyword: Meteor Wind Radars

Theme_Keyword: Mh

Theme_Keyword: Michelson Interferometers

Theme_Keyword: Middle Atmosphere

Theme_Keyword: Msis

Theme_Keyword: Ncar

Theme_Keyword: Neutral Temperatures

Theme_Keyword: Neutral Winds

Theme_Keyword: Nightglow

Theme_Keyword: Relative Number Density

Theme_Keyword: Sodium Density

Theme_Keyword: Solar Wind Parameters

Theme_Keyword: Tigcm

Theme_Keyword: Weimer

Theme_Keyword: CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Theme_Keyword: GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: SPACE > EARTH MAGNETIC FIELD > HIGH LATITUDE MAGNETOSPHERE

Place_Keyword: SPACE > SOLAR REGION > PHOTOSPHERE

Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Place_Keyword: VERTICAL LOCATION > IONOSPHERE

Place_Keyword: VERTICAL LOCATION > MESOSPHERE

Place_Keyword: VERTICAL LOCATION > THERMOSPHERE

Access_Constraints: Data are accessible via CEDAR WWW site, ftp and/or from individual CEDAR investigators. Access to the CEDAR Data Base requires submission of an access form available from: http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/Special:Cedar_Create_Account

Use_Constraints:

Use of CEDAR data must follow established Rules of the Road: http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/wiki/index.php/Data_Services:Rules_of_the_Road Acknowledgement of the instruments and of the CEDAR Data Base is required.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: ROY BARNES

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: BARBARA EMERY

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: National Center for Atmospheric Research

Address: Scientific Computing Division

Address: P.O. Box 3000

City: Boulder

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80307

Country: USA

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: National Center for Atmospheric Research

Address: High Altitude Observatory

Address: P.O. Box 3000

City: Boulder

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80307

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 497-1230

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 497-1596

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303) 497-1137

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303) 497-1589

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bozo@ucar.edu

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: emery@ucar.edu

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Users are asked to contact individual investigators and data suppliers about the nature, quality and limitations of the data.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Not Available

Completeness_Report:

Not Available

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Process_Description:

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Process_Date: Unknown

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Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: UCAR/NCAR/HAO/CEDAR > Coupling, Energetics and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions, High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, UCAR

Contact_Person: BARBARA EMERY

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: National Center for Atmospheric Research

Address: High Altitude Observatory

Address: P.O. Box 3000

City: Boulder

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80307

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 497-1596

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303) 497-1589

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: emery@ucar.edu

Resource_Description: CEDAR_NCAR_HAO

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: varies

Transfer_Size: varies

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://www.vsto.org/forward.htm?forward=data

Access_Instructions:

Virtual Solar Terrestrial Observatory data access.

Fees: Free Or Cost Of Reproduction

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date:

Metadata_Review_Date: 20100922

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GENE R. MAJOR

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time