METCRAX ISS SODAR Data https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/158.002 Summary The Meteor Crater Experiment (METCRAX) is a 3-year meteorological research program supported by the Mesoscale Dynamics Division of the U. S. National Science Foundation (NSF). The program is investigating the structure and evolution of temperature inversions or cold-air pools that form on a daily basis in topographic basins and valleys. As part of this research a one-month-long field experiment was conducted from 01 October 2006 to 30 October 2006 in Arizona's Meteor Crater, a simple near-ideal topographic basin formed by the impact of a meteor. In this basin, the physical processes leading to the buildup and breakdown of temperature inversions and the formation of atmospheric seiches (atmospheric oscillations in the basin caused by wind disturbances at the basin crest) can be studied without the complications introduced by more complex topography. This dataset comtains Sound Detection and Ranging (SODAR) data collected by the NCAR/EOL Integrated Sounding System (ISS) during the METCRAX campaign and is available in raw ASCII format. These data have not been quality-controlled. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 158.002 * doi:10.5065/D69S1PF4 https://doi.org/10.5065/D69S1PF4 Versions 1.0 Citation UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory, Brown, W. 2016. METCRAX ISS SODAR Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D69S1PF4 Accessed 19 Apr 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 * METCRAX: Meteor Crater Experiment https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/METCRAX Additional information * Frequency: continuous * Language: English Categories * Upper Air Platforms * NCAR/EOL Integrated Sounding System - ISS Instruments * Sound Detection and Ranging - SODAR GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR > RADAR REFLECTIVITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR > MEAN RADIAL VELOCITY * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR > RETURN POWER * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VIRTUAL TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND DYNAMICS > VERTICAL WIND VELOCITY/SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > U/V WIND COMPONENTS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Related links * info: SODAR Instrument Info https://www.eol.ucar.edu/node/4533 * homepage: METCRAX Project Homepage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/metcrax Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2006-10-01 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2006-10-31 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 35.20 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 35.20 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -111.20 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -111.20 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * author: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 * originator: William Brown https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/597 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/158.002?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/158.002?format=isotc211