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Polar Environment Data Science Center

National Institute of Polar Research

Joint Supprt-Center for Data Science Research

Research Organization of Information and Systems

Sience Field

Meteorology and Glaciology => Meteorology in the Arctic
Monitoring => Meteorology and Glaciology
IPY => Meteorology and Glaciology
Arctic => Meteorology and Glaciology

Overview  
Title Micro-pulse lidar measurement (Arctic MPL)
Sub-Title
Data Summary Micro-pulse lidar (MPL, NASA upgraded SESI model) placed at AWIPEV Station (at Rabben Station until 4 June 2003) in Ny-Alesund, Svalbard acquires backscatter profiles on a 24-hour operation basis. Laser wavelength: 523.5 nm, Maximum height: 60 km, Range resolution: 30 m, Time resolution: 1 min, Pointing direction: 45 deg slant at Rabben and vertical at AWIPEV. Processed data (Level 1.0) and their quick look images are available from NASA MPLNET website at http://mplnet.gsfc.nasa.gov/.
About Observation  
Spatial Coverage
Data Location Ny-Alesund, Svalbard (78.9N, 11.9E)
Observaion Period /
Temporal Coverage		 1998 - present
Data Period 2002 - present
Observation Photo
Data Details  
Data Name MPL backscatter signal
Data Format Digital data (binary)
Data Recording /
Acquisition Sampling		 Continuous basis / 1 min average
Observation Instruments Micro-pulse lidar (NASA upgraded SESI model)
Sample Data One-day plot of normalized relative backscatter profile ( 2 May 2006)
Publication  
Publication method http://mplnet.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Metadata/Arctic Data: Arctic Micro-Pulse Lidar Measurement

Data Policy
Data Center
(Contact Person)		 National Institute of Polar Research (Masataka Shiobara)
E-mail shio (at) nipr.ac.jp
Related Organization NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; NASA/GSFC Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research; AWI
Scientific Results /
Publication		 Shiobara, M., M. Yabuki, and H. Kobayashi, 2003: A polar cloud analysis based on Micro-pulse Lidar measurements at Ny-Alesund, Svalbard and Syowa, Antarctica. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 28, 1205-1212.
Shiobara, M., M. Yabuki, R. Neuber, J.D. Spinhirne, E.J. Welton, J.R. Campbell, W.D. Hart, and T.A. Berkoff, 2006: Arctici experiment for ICESat/GLAS ground validation with a Micro-Pulse Lidar at Ny-Alesund, Svalbard. Polar Meteorol. Glaciol., 20, 28-39.
Stohl, A., T. Berg, J.F. Burkhart, A.M. Fjaeraa, C. Forster, A. Herber, Oe. Hov, C. Lunder, W.W. McMillan, S. Oltmans, M. Shiobara, D. Simpson, S. Solberg, K. Stebel, J. Strom, K. Torseth, R. Treffeisen, K. Virkkunen, and K.E. Yttri, 2007: Arctic smoke – record high air pollution levels in the European Arctic due to agricultural fires in Eastern Europe in spring 2006. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 511-534.
Lunde Myhre, C., C. Toledano, G. Myhre, K. Stebel, K.E. Yttri, V. Aaltonen, M. Johnsrud, M. Frioud, V. Cachorro, A. de Frutos, H. Lihavainen, J.R. Campbell, A.P. Chaikovsky, M. Shiobara, E.J.Welton, and K. Torseth, 2007: Regional aerosol optical properties and radiative impact of the extreme smoke event in the European Arctic in spring 2006. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 5899-5915.
Campbell, J.R., and M. Shiobara, 2008: Glaciation of a mixed-phase boundary layer cloud at a coastal arctic site as depicted in continuous lidar measurements. Polar Science, 2, 121-127.
Digital Object Identifier(DOI)
Creator Masataka Shiobara
Publisher National Institute of Polar Research
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