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Summary
The Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR)
Data Base at NCAR/HAO holds data collected from Lidar
measurements. Basic parameters measured include photocounts, relative
neutral number density, and sodium or iron density depending on
wavelength used. Neutral temperatures and winds can be derived from
the Lidar data, however, winds are ... not in the CEDAR Data Base. The
Lidar data in the CEDAR Data Base are:

1. Rayleigh/sodium and iron lidar data from the University of Illinois
lidar. The sodium lidar operated in January-April 1989 at Arecibo,
Puerto Rico (18.35N, 66.75W) and in an aircraft over
Hawaii (20N, 155W) in 1990. The iron lidar was operating at Urbana
(40.1N, 88.1W) during October 1989 and March 1991 to August 1992. See
the University of Illinois Lidar Listing for dates of lidar data in
the CEDAR Data Base:
http://www.hao.ucar.edu/public/research/tiso/cedar/tbl.uil.html
The contact person is Chester Gardner. The University of Illinois
CEDAR lidar is operated by the University of Illinois with support
from the NSF.

2. The sodium lidar data was taken with the Colorado State University
lidar at Fort Collins, CO (40.59N, 105.14W). Data for 1993 are in the
CEDAR Data Base. The lidar began operations in 1990. The contact
person is Chiao-Yao She. The Colorado State University sodium lidar is
operated by the Colorado State University with support from the NSF.

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@hao.ucar.edu). See the WWW site for additonal information on
accessing the data and Rules of the Road procedures.

http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/catalog/Rules.html

Related URL

Link: GET DATA Description: CEDAR Data Base Catalogue

Geographic Coverage Spatial coordinates   

Data Set Citation

Dataset Creator: CEDAR Dataset Title: Lidar Measurements Dataset Series Name: CEDAR Data Base Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO Dataset Publisher: NCAR/HA Online Resource: http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/catalog/cat.toctext.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1989-10-01 Stop Date: 1993-12-31

Location Keywords

VERTICAL LOCATION > IONOSPHERE OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA > PUERTO RICO VERTICAL LOCATION > THERMOSPHERE CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE > NEUTRAL TEMPERATURES SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE PROPERTIES > PARTICLE DENSITY SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > IONOSPHERE/MAGNETOSPHERE DYNAMICS > ION CHEMISTRY/IONIZATION SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE FLUX > HEAVY NUCLEI FLUX SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE FLUX > ION FLUX

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Platform

GROUND STATIONS

Instrument

LIDAR > Light Detection and Ranging

Project

CEDAR > Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions

Quality

Refer to individual contacts for information.

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/catalog/accreq.html

Use Constraints

Use of CEDAR data must follow established Rules of the Road:
http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/catalog/Rules.html

Acknowledgement of the instruments and of the CEDAR Data Base is required.

Ancillary Keywords

CEDAR IRON DENSITY NCAR NEUTRAL NUMBER DENSITY PHOTOCOUNTS SODIUM DENSITY

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

NCAR/HAO

Data Center

Coupling, Energetics and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions, High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, UCAR Data Center URL: http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu/ Data Center Personnel Name: BARBARA EMERY Phone: (303) 497-1596 Fax: (303) 497-1589 Email: emery at ucar.edu Contact Address: National Center for Atmospheric Research High Altitude Observatory P.O. Box 3000 City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80307 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: ftp, WWW Distribution Size: varies Distribution Format: varies Fees: None, may depend on cost of reproduction

Personnel

CHESTER GARDNER Role: INVESTIGATOR Phone: 217-333-4682 Fax: 217-333-4303 Email: cgardner at uiuc.edu Contact Address: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 315 CSRL University of Illinois City: Urbana Province or State: IL Postal Code: 61801-2307 Country: USA GENE R. MAJOR Role: DIF AUTHOR Email: gsfc-gcmduso at mail.nasa.gov CHIAO-YAO SHE Role: INVESTIGATOR Phone: 970-491-7947 Fax: 970-491-6261 Email: joshe at lamar.colostate.edu Contact Address: Physics Department Colorado State University City: Fort Collins Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80523 Country: USA

Publications/References

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/catalog/cat.toctext.html

Special issue on LIDAR:
Proceedings of the IEEE, 77, pp. 408-490, March, 1989.

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2006-10-13

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