GPM Ground Validation Cloud Physics LiDAR (CPL) OLYMPEX V1

Description

The GPM Ground Validation Cloud Physics Lidar (CPL) OLYMPEX dataset consists of extinction profiles, layer optical depth, layer lidar ratio, and aircraft parameter measurements measured by the CPL flown on the NASA ER-2 aircraft during the Global Precipitation Mission (GPM) Olympic Mountains Experiment (OLYMPEX) campaign. The CPL instrument is a multi-wavelength backscatter lidar that provides multi-wavelength measurements of cirrus and aerosols with high temporal and spatial. Data files are available from November 9, 2015 through December 15, 2015 in HDF-5 format with layer information in ASCII text files. Browse imagery files in GIF format contain optical depth and flight path images.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 University of Washington OLYMPEX project web site http://olympex.atmos.washington.edu/
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=gpmcplolyx
16 Sample Browse Image https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/olympex/CPL/browse/olympex_radex_cpl_imgsum_16921_20151201_1064.gif
33 Applications of Data from the Cloud Physics Lidar https://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/85877.pdf
21 OLYMPEX Field Campaign Collection DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/OLYMPEX/DATA101
21 PI Readme File https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/olympex/CPL/doc/gpmcplolyx_readme.txt
21 Cloud Physics Lidar: instrument description and initial measurement results https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.41.003725
21 Airborne lidar measurements of aerosol optical properties during SAFARI-2000 https://doi.org/10.1029/2002JD002370
21 Airborne validation of spatial properties measured by the CALIPSO lidar http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2007JD008768
21 On the spectral dependence of backscatter from cirrus clouds: Assessing CALIOP’s 1064 nm calibration assumptions using cloud physics lidar measurements https://doi.org/10.1029/2009JD013086
21 The Olympic Mountains Experiment (OLYMPEX) https://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0182.1
21 Sample IDL program to read a CPL optical properties (OP) HDF5 file https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/olympex/CPL/doc/read_op_hdf5.pro
21 GHRC OLYMPEX project web page https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/olympex
21 Instructions for citing GHRC data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FGPMGV%2FOLYMPEX%2FCPL%2FDATA101
21 Sample IDL program to read a CPL attenuated total backscatter (ATB) HDF5 file https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/olympex/CPL/doc/read_atb_hdf5.pro
33 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/olympex/CPL/doc/gpmcplolyx_dataset.pdf
21 Olympic Mountains Experiment (OLYMPEX) Micro Article https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/micro-articles/olympic-mountains-experiment-olympex

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  • aerosols
  • atmosphere
  • clouds
  • earth-science

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