NWS Storm Prediction Center Severe Thunderstorm Mesoanalysis Imagery https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/114.057 Summary This dataset includes NWS Storm Prediciton Center Severe Thunderstorm Mesoanalysis Imagery from the VORTEX2 2009 and 2010 Field Catalogs. Imagery files are only available for the VORTEX2 field phases for approximately May-June 2009 and April 2010. The files are gif images. See the catalog links below to access the field catalogs. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 114.057 * doi:10.26023/KY1X-YN0J-BV0E https://doi.org/10.26023/KY1X-YN0J-BV0E Versions 1.0 Citation Storm Prediction Center (SPC), NOAA. 2010. VORTEX2: NWS Storm Prediction Center Severe Thunderstorm Mesoanalysis Imagery. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/KY1X-YN0J-BV0E Accessed 29 Mar 2024. Additional citation styles can be generated by entering the DOI at CrossCite (https://citation.crosscite.org/). Acknowledgement In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements, please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as: Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/ Related projects * VORTEX2: Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment 2 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/VORTEX2 Additional information * Spatial Type: raster * Frequency: hourly * Language: English Categories * Ancillary Info Platforms * Models/Analyses Instruments * Computer GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORIES > WEATHER/CLIMATE ADVISORIES > SEVERE WEATHER * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > STORM RELATIVE WINDS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > PRESSURE TENDENCY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > WEATHER EVENTS > Stability/Severe Weather Indices > LIFTED INDEX (LI) * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND DYNAMICS > WIND SHEAR * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > WEATHER EVENTS > Stability/Severe Weather Indices > CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY (CAPE) * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES > ENVIRONMENTAL LAPSE RATE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROCESSES > WATER VAPOR CONVERGENCE Related links * info: VORTEX2 2010 Missions https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/vortex2_2010/missions/missions.html * info: VORTEX2 Project Data Policy https://www.eol.ucar.edu/sites/default/files/files_live/private/VORTEX2_data_policy_15apr09.pdf * info: EOL/VORTEX2_2010 FIELD CATALOG - Operational Products http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/vortex2_2010/ops/index * homepage: EOL Project Homepage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/vortex2 * info: VORTEX2 2009 Missions http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/vortex2_2009/missions/missions.html * info: EOL/VORTEX2_2009 FIELD CATALOG - Operational Products http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/vortex2_2009/ops/index Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2009-05-01 16:00:00 * End datetime: 2010-04-20 23:00:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 45.00 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 32.00 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -105.00 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -92.00 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * author: Storm Prediction Center (SPC), NOAA https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1354 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/114.057?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/114.057?format=isotc211