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Zentek, Rolf; Preußer, Andreas; Heinemann, Günther (2019): Wind and backscatter profiles measured by a wind lidar during POLARSTERN cruise PS109 (ARK-XXXI/4). PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.902805

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Abstract:
This data set includes vertical profiles of wind speed (FF), wind direction (DD), fit deviation (FD) and the backscatter confident (BB) measured by a ship born wind lidar. The definition of the fit deviation, the main processing of the lidar data and an evaluation of the measurements is described in Zentek et al. (2018; doi:10.5194/amt-11-5781-2018 ). For this data set winds were computed every 50 m up to 1000 m and the data is averaged over time. The averaging time is one hour (+-30min around each full hour) and missing values are removed. A weighted arithmetic mean was used for the u- and v-component as well as for the fit deviation with the weights "1/fit deviation". The backscatter coefficient was averaged without weights. As backscatter was always measured, hours were included even if no wind could be computed due to atmospheric conditions but hours with no reliable data were excluded (e.g. the lidar was turned off; the ship was rocking to hard; etc.). Further detailed information for this measurement campaign: number of rays per VAD [6-8], averaging time [3-8 sec], chosen SNR threshold [-19 dB].
Keyword(s):
Arctic; Backscatter; Lidar; PS109; wind direction; wind lidar; wind speed
Related to:
Kanzow, Torsten (2018): The Expedition PS109 of the Research Vessel POLARSTERN to the Nordic Seas in 2017. Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung = Reports on Polar and Marine Research, 715, 139 pp, https://doi.org/10.2312/BzPM_0715_2018
Funding:
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), grant/award no. 03F0776D: Das arktische transpolare System im Wandel; Vorhaben: Veränderungen der Atmosphäre-Meereis-Ozean Interaktionen und deren Einfluß auf das transpolare System (TP 2)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 78.666350 * Median Longitude: -14.898370 * South-bound Latitude: 76.146890 * West-bound Longitude: -19.779240 * North-bound Latitude: 80.461520 * East-bound Longitude: -5.889680
Date/Time Start: 2017-09-18T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2017-10-07T10:00:00
Event(s):
PS109_0_underway-8 * Latitude Start: 80.461520 * Longitude Start: -7.906600 * Latitude End: 76.146890 * Longitude End: -5.889680 * Date/Time Start: 2017-09-18T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2017-10-07T10:00:00 * Campaign: PS109 (ARK-XXXI/4) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Doppler Wind-LiDAR (W-LiDAR)
Comment:
The measurements were performed during the Polarstern cruise PS109 funded by the Alfred Wegener Institute under Polarstern grants AWI_PS109_12. The research was funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung–BMBF) as part of the project CATS ("The Changing Arctic Transpolar System") under grant 03F0776D.
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1DATE/TIMEDate/TimeZentek, RolfGeocode – UTC
2LONGITUDELongitudeZentek, RolfGeocode
3LATITUDELatitudeZentek, RolfGeocode
4Wind speedffm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]50 m
5Wind speedffm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]100 m
6Wind speedffm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]150 m
7Wind speedffm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]200 m
8Wind speedffm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]250 m
9Wind speedffm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]300 m
10Wind speedffm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]350 m
11Wind speedffm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]400 m
12Wind speedffm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]450 m
13Wind speedffm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]500 m
14Wind speedffm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]550 m
15Wind speedffm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]600 m
16Wind speedffm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]650 m
17Wind speedffm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]700 m
18Wind speedffm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]750 m
19Wind speedffm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]800 m
20Wind speedffm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]850 m
21Wind speedffm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]900 m
22Wind speedffm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]950 m
23Wind speedffm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]1000 m
24Wind directiondddegZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]50 m
25Wind directiondddegZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]100 m
26Wind directiondddegZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]150 m
27Wind directiondddegZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]200 m
28Wind directiondddegZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]250 m
29Wind directiondddegZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]300 m
30Wind directiondddegZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]350 m
31Wind directiondddegZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]400 m
32Wind directiondddegZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]450 m
33Wind directiondddegZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]500 m
34Wind directiondddegZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]550 m
35Wind directiondddegZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]600 m
36Wind directiondddegZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]650 m
37Wind directiondddegZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]700 m
38Wind directiondddegZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]750 m
39Wind directiondddegZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]800 m
40Wind directiondddegZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]850 m
41Wind directiondddegZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]900 m
42Wind directiondddegZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]950 m
43Wind directiondddegZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]1000 m
44Fit deviationFDm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]50 m
45Fit deviationFDm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]100 m
46Fit deviationFDm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]150 m
47Fit deviationFDm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]200 m
48Fit deviationFDm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]250 m
49Fit deviationFDm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]300 m
50Fit deviationFDm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]350 m
51Fit deviationFDm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]400 m
52Fit deviationFDm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]450 m
53Fit deviationFDm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]500 m
54Fit deviationFDm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]550 m
55Fit deviationFDm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]600 m
56Fit deviationFDm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]650 m
57Fit deviationFDm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]700 m
58Fit deviationFDm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]750 m
59Fit deviationFDm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]800 m
60Fit deviationFDm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]850 m
61Fit deviationFDm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]900 m
62Fit deviationFDm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]950 m
63Fit deviationFDm/sZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]1000 m
64Optical backscattering coefficientbb1/mZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]50 m
65Optical backscattering coefficientbb1/mZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]100 m
66Optical backscattering coefficientbb1/mZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]150 m
67Optical backscattering coefficientbb1/mZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]200 m
68Optical backscattering coefficientbb1/mZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]250 m
69Optical backscattering coefficientbb1/mZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]300 m
70Optical backscattering coefficientbb1/mZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]350 m
71Optical backscattering coefficientbb1/mZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]400 m
72Optical backscattering coefficientbb1/mZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]450 m
73Optical backscattering coefficientbb1/mZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]500 m
74Optical backscattering coefficientbb1/mZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]550 m
75Optical backscattering coefficientbb1/mZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]600 m
76Optical backscattering coefficientbb1/mZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]650 m
77Optical backscattering coefficientbb1/mZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]700 m
78Optical backscattering coefficientbb1/mZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]750 m
79Optical backscattering coefficientbb1/mZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]800 m
80Optical backscattering coefficientbb1/mZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]850 m
81Optical backscattering coefficientbb1/mZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]900 m
82Optical backscattering coefficientbb1/mZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]950 m
83Optical backscattering coefficientbb1/mZentek, RolfDoppler wind lidar, Halo Photonics, Stream Line [ship born]1000 m
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