Mobile Disdrometer Data
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/114.120

Summary
Most of the 2009 deployments took place around midnight UTC and the 2009 data
are sorted per event. Because the disdrometer creates a new file at midnight,
there are duplicate file names between some 2009 directories. BEWARE: Because
there are duplicate file names between 2009 directories, it is important to
maintain the original 2009 directory structure.This dataset contains Mobile
Disdrometer Data collected during the VORTEX2 project between 15 May 2009 and
11 June 2009 and between 6 May 2010 and 13 June 2010. The 2009 data are in a
single tar file which maintains the original directory structure. Each
directory for the 2009 data has disdrometer data from disdrometer 1
(YYYYMMDD_PA01.txt) and disdrometer 2 (YYYYMMDD_PA02.txt) as well as surface
observations (YYYYMMDD-POD_H.dat and (YYYYMMDD-POD_H.dat). The 2010 data are
in individual files in ATM4 format and have mission summaries with maps of
deployment locations. For more information, images, videos, etc., please see
http://clouds.colorado.edu/vortex2,
http://clouds.colorado.edu/get-vortex2-data, and the readme files below.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 114.120
 * doi:10.26023/HT8X-GKWT-5W10
   https://doi.org/10.26023/HT8X-GKWT-5W10

Versions
  1.0

Citation
 Friedrich, K., Romine, G., Williams, S. 2010. VORTEX2: Mobile Disdrometer
 Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://doi.org/10.26023/HT8X-GKWT-5W10 Accessed 26 Apr 2024.

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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: point
 * Frequency: criteria
 * Language: English

Categories
 * Surface

Platforms
 * Vehicles

Instruments
 * Disdrometers

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD DROPLET DISTRIBUTION
 * EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORIES > WEATHER/CLIMATE ADVISORIES > PRESENT WEATHER
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION RATE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > VISIBILITY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR > RADAR REFLECTIVITY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > DROPLET SIZE

Documentation
 * ATM4-DataFormat_2010.pdf [163 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41D1F1055A5B/ATM4-DataFormat_2010.pdf
 * DataFormatParsivel_2009.pdf [263 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41D1FE8BA25/DataFormatParsivel_2009.pdf

Related links
 * info: VORTEX2 2010 Missions
   https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/vortex2_2010/missions/missions.html
 * homepage: EOL Project Homepage
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/vortex2
 * info: VORTEX2 Project Data Policy
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/sites/default/files/files_live/private/VORTEX2_data_policy_15apr09.pdf
 * info: VORTEX2 2009 Missions
   http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/vortex2_2009/missions/missions.html

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2009-05-15 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2010-06-13 23:59:59 

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 <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1

Additional contact information
 * author: Katja Friedrich <Katja.Friedrich@colorado.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1554
 * author: Glen S. Romine <romine@atmos.uiuc.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1555
 * originator: Steven F. Williams
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/3

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/114.120?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/114.120?format=isotc211