Doppler wind lidar data provides vertical wind profiles up to 3 km altitude from the DASAN Station in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. The dataset was collected throughout 2017 by the AMD_KOPRI organization to study interactions between Arctic clouds and the boundary layer. Observations include continuous vertical profiles and cross-sectional scans via PPI and RHI modes.
Use Cases
- Analyze vertical wind speed and direction profiles up to 3 km altitude to characterize Arctic boundary layer structure.
- Study horizontal wind field cross-sections using PPI mode data to map spatial wind patterns.
- Investigate vertical cross-sections of the wind field via RHI mode to understand vertical wind shear.
- Correlate continuous wind profile time-series with other Arctic meteorological data to model cloud formation processes.
Strengths
- Data collection spans a full calendar year from April to December 2017.
- Provides high-resolution vertical wind profiles reaching up to 3 km altitude.
- Includes multiple observation modes: continuous vertical, PPI, and RHI scans.
Limitations
- The specific sample size, row count, and data resolution are unknown.
- Data is from a single geographic location (Ny-Ålesund), limiting spatial generalizability.
- The dataset is temporally static, with the last update at the end of 2017.
Provenance
- Source
- AMD_KOPRI via NASA Earthdata.
- Collection Method
- Collected via Doppler wind lidar instrument operating in vertical, PPI, and RHI modes.
- Time Range
- 2017 (from April onward).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- DASAN Station, Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard in the Arctic.