Wind Lidar Measurements in Adventdalen, Svalbard, 2022

Abstract

A scanning Doppler Lidar was placed in Adventdalen (Central Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway) close to the permanent weather mast SN99870. The Lidar measured between 4 July and 23 August 2022 with different scanning patterns in an hourly cycle. The cycle consisted of three Plan Position Indicator (PPI) scans at 1, 5 and 10 degree from xx:00 to xx:10, Range Height Indicator (RHI) scans alternating between up-valley and down-valley direction from xx:10 to xx:50, Doppler-Beam-Swinging (DBS) technique from xx:50 to xy:00. The radial resolution was 10 m with overlapping range gates of 50 m. Short periods of power cuts were encountered. Frequently there were conditions with little backscatter and low carrier-to-noise ratio, especially in light down-valley winds.

ISO Topic category

climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Citation info

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21343/mfng-6727

Citation

Henkies, M., Duscha, C., Reuder, J., & Sjöblom, A. (2023). Wind Lidar Measurements in Adventdalen, Svalbard, 2022 [Data set]. Norwegian Meteorological Institute. https://doi.org/10.21343/MFNG-6727

License

CC-BY-4.0

Data Access

Type: HTTP
Resource: https://thredds.met.no/thredds/catalog/arcticdata/wl-adventdalen-2022/catalog.html

Contact

Role: Investigator
Name: Matthias Henkies
email: matthiashe@unis.no
Institution: The University Centre in Svalbard

Role: Investigator
Name: Christiane Duscha
email: Christiane.Duscha@uib.no
Institution: University of Bergen

Role: Investigator
Name: Joachim Reuder
email: joachim.reuder@uib.no
Institution: University of Bergen

Role: Investigator
Name: Anna Sjöblom
email: annac@unis.no
Institution: The University Centre in Svalbard

Role: Data center contact
Name: ADC support
email: adc-support@met.no
Institution: Norwegian Meteorological Institute / Arctic Data Centre

Time Extent

Start Date

2022-07-05T12:00:00Z

End Date

2022-08-23T15:40:26Z

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Geographical Extent

south

78.14

north

78.27

east

16.14

west

15.52

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