Observations of polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs) at the lidar observatory of McMurdo station.
The lidar observatory at Mcmurod, was one of the primary stations of the NDACC network (Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change) from 2004 to 2010. The lidar observes polar stratospheric clouds at a height between 12 and 26 km typically, from early June until the end of Settember. These PSCs play an important role in the ozone chemistry and promote the depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer. The lidar can detect even very thin PSC layers and can provide important information about their chemical composition. The lidar can be used to study formation and dynamical processes and to provide long term records useful for climate studies.
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- Date (Creation)
- 2026-06-01
- Code
- https://antarcticdatacenter.cnr.it/geonetwork/srv/api/records/71fca3c3-0a5e-45a3-801d-f90fa8ea8346
Citation identifier
- Status
- deprecated
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role CNR - ISAC
Marcel Snels
Principal investigator CNR - ISAC
Luca di Liberto
Point of contact
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GCMD - Instruments
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LIDAR
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GCMD - Locations
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ANTARCTICA
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GCMD - Platforms
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GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
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GCMD - Science Keywords
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ATMOSPHERE
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POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS/NACREOUS
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LIDAR
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CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT MODELS
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CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI
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AEROSOLS
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GCMD - Providers
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IT/PNRA
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PNRA project
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OSS-12 PNRA14_00127
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- Use limitation
- Creative-Commons CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- Association Type
- dependency
- Initiative Type
- Project
- Association Type
- dependency
- Initiative Type
- Campaign
- Spatial representation type
- Text, table
- Denominator
- 5000
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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- Begin date
- 2004-01-01
- Unique resource identifier
- WGS84
- Distribution format
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Name Version ASCII
1
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
https://www-air.larc.nasa.gov/missions/ndacc/data.html# Data resource NDACC
WWW:LINK
https://www.pnra.aq/it/project/511/osservatorio-lidar-dome-c PNRA project: LIDAR
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Domain consistency
Conformance result
- Title
- COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
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This data set is conformant with the INSPIRE Implementing Rules for the interoperability of spatial data sets and services
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- Yes
- Statement
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Raw data are collected routinely by the lidar data acquisition system and successively elaborated and uploaded to the NDACC data base, usually at the end of the winter season.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 71fca3c3-0a5e-45a3-801d-f90fa8ea8346 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2026-08-31T10:08:43
- Metadata standard name
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ISO 19115-3
- Metadata standard version
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1.0
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role CNR - ISP
Giulio Verazzo
Point of contact
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