Dataset: Intercomparison of flux, gradient, and variance-based optical turbulence ($C_n^2$) parameterizations

This repository contains the dataset for the manuscript Pierzyna, M, et al. "Intercomparison of flux, gradient, and variance-based optical turbulence (Cn2) parameterizations." Applied Optics, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.519942 The data is organized in the following structure: `met_cn2_*_10m.nc`: netCDF files containing Cn2 estimated from meteorological data obtained at the CESAR site using the flux-based and gradient-based methods at the 10 m level. `wrf_cn2_*.nc`: netCDF files containing Cn2 estimated from WRF model output using the variance-based method (80m) and flux, gradient, and variance-based methods (10m). `wrf_meteo_*.nc`: netCDF files containing a cross-section of CESAR site extracted from WRF model output. This data serves as input for `wrf_cn2_*.nc` files.