Wyoming Cloud Lidar (WCL) Level 1 data

Processed Wyoming Cloud Lidar (WCL) Level 1 data collected on board the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Twin Otter airplane during the SWEX (Sundowner Winds Experient) field project from April 1- May 15, 2022. This data set is in NetCDF format contained in gzipped files that have corresponding quicklook GIF files.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2020-04-05T00:00:00Z
    End:  2022-05-11T23:59:59Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2020-04-05T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2022-05-11T23:59:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 36.00000
Bounding Box South Lat 34.00000
Bounding Box West Long -120.00000
Bounding Box East Long -118.00000
Spatial Representation grid
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links

Documentation #1 : read_image_wcl_nc.pro

Documentation #2 : WCL_Dataset_Documentation_SWEX_V5.pdf
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format netCDF compressed with GNU Zip (.gz) (application/x-gzip)
GIF: Graphics Interchange Format (image/gif)
Standardized Resource Format Image
NetCDF
Asset Size 48516 MB
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Access Constraints none
Software Implementation Language N/A

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Author Min Deng ORCID icon
Matthew Burkhart ORCID icon
Nick Mahon
Publisher NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory ROR icon

Publication Date 2022-09-20T16:12:43
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.26023/PFA5-DF1V-HR06
Alternate Identifier 600.019
Resource Version 2.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-07T21:47:21Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::600.019
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Min Deng, Matthew Burkhart, Nick Mahon. (2022). Wyoming Cloud Lidar (WCL) Level 1 data. 2.0. NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/PFA5-DF1V-HR06. Accessed 06 March 2026.

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