Metadata details
AAS_4387_Davis_PLATO_Summer
An earlier version of this dataset was referenced by a different DOI 10.26179/48gh-7r60
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- Citation
- Alexander, S., Protat, A. and Mcdonald, A. (2023) Raman lidar, W-band cloud radar and ceilometer processed datasets from summer 2018/19 at Davis, Ver. 2, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.26179/yx4t-2m67, Accessed: 2026-09-17
- Title
- Raman lidar, W-band cloud radar and ceilometer processed datasets from summer 2018/19 at Davis
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.26179/yx4t-2m67
- Created Date
- 2022-01-09
- Revision Date
- 2025-01-15
- Parent record
- None
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Description
Several cloud and precipitation instruments were deployed to Davis in November 2018 in order to characterise various microphysical processes of Antarctic precipitation. This dataset provides the post-processed data from three key instruments, as used in the Guyot et al. (2022) submitted manuscript. In brief:
1) A merged cloud radar - lidar data product provides vertical profiles of cloud phase at 2-minute resolution, using the lidar and radar results for the entire summer campaign. (Bureau of Meteorology's RMAN lidar and W-band cloud radar)
2) Calibrated lidar backscatter and calibrated radar reflectivity are also provided within the lidar/radar product at same resolution.
3) Ceilometer (University of Canterbury) daily backscatter files for the summer campaign.
4) Radiosonde observations of the standard meteorological variables collected from radiosondes launched at Davis for this summer period by the Bureau of Meteorology.
Full citation:
Guyot, A., Protat, A., Alexander, S. P., Klekociuk, A. R., Kuma, P., McDonald, A., (2022), ‘Detection of supercooled liquid water clouds with ceilometers: Development and evaluation of deterministic and data-driven retrievals’, Atmospheric Measurements Techniques, 15, 3663 – 3681, doi:10.5194/amt-15-3663-2022
Access
These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.
These data were previously described by the doi:10.26179/48gh-7r60
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 2018-11-12 - Stop date: 2019-02-04
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR > RADAR REFLECTIVITY
- EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > LIDAR > LIDAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIO
- EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > LIDAR > LIDAR BACKSCATTER
- EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS > CLOUD PRECIPITABLE WATER
- EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION
Additional Keywords
- CLOUD PHASE
Locations
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > DAVIS STATION
Platforms
- FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS
Instruments
- CEILOMETERS
- RADIOSONDES
Researchers
- alexander, simon (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT,DIF AUTHOR)
- protat, alain (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
- mcdonald, adrian (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
- guyot, adrien (INVESTIGATOR)
Use Constraints
This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AAS_4387_Davis_PLATO_Summer when using these data.
