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CROCUS Urban Canyons - Space Science and Engineering Center (SPARC) Doppler lidar data
Abstract
This is the netCDF format output from the Halo Photonics Streamline XR Doppler lidar that was deployed next to the Space Science and Engineering Center (SPARC) trailer at the University of Illnois-Chicago greenhouse parking lot during CROCUS Urban Canyons. The purpose of collecting this dataset is to provide vertical and horizontal wind profiles for studying the characteristics of turbulence over the urban canyon of Chicago. This data contains the radial velocity, intensity, and backscatter from the vertical profile, range height indicator, and sector scans that were performed over both Intensive Operating Period 1 and 2 of CROCUS Urban Canyons. There are four different types of files: * The Range Height Indicator (RHI) files contain scans that are along a constant azimuth, spanning the entire hemisphere of elevation values above the surface. * The Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) files contain the raw radial velocity data from the 6-beam, 60 degree scans. * The User1 files contain stacked Plan Position Indicator scans over a 45 degree quadrant over downtown Chicago. * The Stare files contain vertically pointing scans. These are standard netCDF files that can be opened using xarray. The VAD scans can be processed from their raw radial velocities to horizontalmore »
- Publication Date:
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- Research Org.:
- Community Research on Climate and Urban Science Urban Integrated Field Laboratory (CROCUS UIFL)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- ESS-DIVE; U.S. DOE > Office of Science > Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- Subject:
- EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND DYNAMICS > VERTICAL WIND VELOCITY/SPEED; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > VELOCITY AZIMUTH DISPLAY VERTICAL WIND PROFILES
- OSTI Identifier:
- 3010095
- DOI:
- https://doi.org/10.15485/3010095
Citation Formats
Jackson, Robert, Collis, Scott, and Wagner, Tim. CROCUS Urban Canyons - Space Science and Engineering Center (SPARC) Doppler lidar data. United States: N. p., 2025.
Web. doi:10.15485/3010095.
Jackson, Robert, Collis, Scott, & Wagner, Tim. CROCUS Urban Canyons - Space Science and Engineering Center (SPARC) Doppler lidar data. United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.15485/3010095
Jackson, Robert, Collis, Scott, and Wagner, Tim. 2025.
"CROCUS Urban Canyons - Space Science and Engineering Center (SPARC) Doppler lidar data". United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.15485/3010095. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/3010095. Pub date:Mon Sep 08 04:00:00 UTC 2025
@article{osti_3010095,
title = {CROCUS Urban Canyons - Space Science and Engineering Center (SPARC) Doppler lidar data},
author = {Jackson, Robert and Collis, Scott and Wagner, Tim},
abstractNote = {This is the netCDF format output from the Halo Photonics Streamline XR Doppler lidar that was deployed next to the Space Science and Engineering Center (SPARC) trailer at the University of Illnois-Chicago greenhouse parking lot during CROCUS Urban Canyons. The purpose of collecting this dataset is to provide vertical and horizontal wind profiles for studying the characteristics of turbulence over the urban canyon of Chicago. This data contains the radial velocity, intensity, and backscatter from the vertical profile, range height indicator, and sector scans that were performed over both Intensive Operating Period 1 and 2 of CROCUS Urban Canyons. There are four different types of files: * The Range Height Indicator (RHI) files contain scans that are along a constant azimuth, spanning the entire hemisphere of elevation values above the surface. * The Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) files contain the raw radial velocity data from the 6-beam, 60 degree scans. * The User1 files contain stacked Plan Position Indicator scans over a 45 degree quadrant over downtown Chicago. * The Stare files contain vertically pointing scans. These are standard netCDF files that can be opened using xarray. The VAD scans can be processed from their raw radial velocities to horizontal wind speeds with the Atmospheric data Community Toolkit (https://arm-doe.github.io/ACT/).},
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year = {Mon Sep 08 04:00:00 UTC 2025},
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