Wahl, Sebastian; Speith, Simon; Fiedler, Stephanie (2026): Windcube V2 measurements during Meteor cruise M208 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.988729
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Published: 2026-01-15 • DOI registered: 2026-02-13
Abstract:
The WindCube 2.0 vertical profiling lidar was placed on the ship to measure horizontal wind speed and direction profiles from 40m to about 300m. This pulsed Doppler lidar was continually measuring in DBS (Doppler-Beam-Swinging) mode, where 4 lines of sight measured each cardinal direction at a 28° angle to obtain the horizontal wind components, and a 5th line of sight measuring the vertical wind speed. The recordings of the lidar device are combined with those of a motion measurement setup, comprising an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and a satellite compass that provide motion data in all six degrees of freedom. Motion data are applied to obtain the corrected wind profile data both on a 1-sec and 10-min level.
For the first part of the campaign, until early February 2024, the lidar was set up to measure at 12 levels up to 200m height. After that the maximum measurement height was adjusted to 290m.
The reported Carrier-to-Noise (CNR) level is used to control the quality the measurement, typically leading to a lower data availability at the top heights.
Documentation:
Using Seapath navigation data to correct lidar wind measurements during the M208 cruise. windlidar_seapath_correction.pdf
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 16.990960 * Median Longitude: -24.932500 * South-bound Latitude: 16.938900 * West-bound Longitude: -24.993800 * North-bound Latitude: 17.043020 * East-bound Longitude: -24.871200
Date/Time Start: 2025-02-15T14:45:00 * Date/Time End: 2025-02-21T08:00:00
Minimum Elevation: -80.0 m * Maximum Elevation: -80.0 m
Event(s):
M208_0_Underway-5 * Latitude Start: 16.938900 * Longitude Start: -24.993800 * Latitude End: 17.043020 * Longitude End: -24.871200 * Date/Time Start: 2025-02-15T14:45:00 * Date/Time End: 2025-02-21T08:00:00 * Elevation: -80.0 m * Campaign: M208 (NowUP) * Basis: Meteor (1986) * Method/Device: Remote sensing (Light detection and ranging, LiDAR) (LiDAR) * Comment: Wind-LIDAR
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | netCDF file | netCDF | Fiedler, Stephanie | Wind Lidar (WindCube 200, Leosphere) | ||
| 2 | netCDF file (File Size) | netCDF (Size) | Bytes | Fiedler, Stephanie | Wind Lidar (WindCube 200, Leosphere) | |
| 3 | netCDF file (MD5 Hash) | netCDF (Hash) | Fiedler, Stephanie | Wind Lidar (WindCube 200, Leosphere) |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Basic curation (CurationLevelB)
Size:
2 data points
Data
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| 1 netCDF | 2 netCDF (Size) [Bytes] | 3 netCDF (Hash) |
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| M208.nc | 311.4 kBytes | c589991eec620ba7fde9900ee8ef90b9 |
| M208_Seapath.nc | 404.8 kBytes | b0f6f0e89b8eeba0ac1c7022eb5d06c1 |